[RESOLVED] Maintenance

[SeaJay]

I'm looking for a way to turn off the Windows 8.1 maintenance. I've been into task scheduler, but nothing I disable stays disabled.

Thanks in advance

[dneilson]

https://www.google.com/#q=how+to+tur...in+windows+8.1

[Midknyte]

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html

[SeaJay]

Yeah...I'd tried that MidKnyte. It disables okay, but it always magically turns back on. Any other ideas?

[Midknyte]

Did you disable the Maintenance Configurator job also?

Hmm, apparently others have had the issue of the jobs getting re-enabled.
This might work. You'll need to download psexec from Sysinternals.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...rnals/bb897553

Then run the following from an elevated command prompt:
psexec -s schtasks /change /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Maintenance Configurator" /DISABLE

After that, the maintenance job should stay disabled. The key is the -s which runs as the SYSTEM account.

If you need help running commands, let us know.

[Midknyte]

I just tested it out on my Win8.1 VM and the task stayed disabled after a reboot. If you want to disable the other maintenance tasks:

psexec -s schtasks /change /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Idle Maintenance" /DISABLE
psexec -s schtasks /change /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler\Regular Maintenance" /DISABLE

[SeaJay]

That did it, MidKnyte. I've been good for the last few days. Thank you!