Disk Graph 2.1.15 is a tool that allows you to inspect your disk and easily find the files that take away most of your disk space. With its beautiful interface and its pie-like graph, locating big files has never been easier.
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There are a number of free DISC versions out there that are great for fun and getting an idea of what your DISC style may be. I would not recommend using them professionally, however, since they do not go very wide nor deep.Here are a few of the links I have found for free tests.This one is thumbs up and down symbols on a webpage to indicate which statements are most and least like me. Does not require email submission. Collects demographic info at the end to see results.This one has DISC statements that you choose from t. If you want to know what is a DiSC and how it functions, then there are a range of. These are simple to use that tells you about your dominant personality trait and how it affects your behaviour.
However, it is better to caution you that none of them provide very detailed analysis and only gives you some basic information (what more do you expect from a free program!). If you are looking for a powerful personality test that you can use professionally, then I think that you should look at the Everything DiSC profiles (It is not free).
I have noticed that many people with Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 have a problem where the task manager (after clicking more details) displays 100% usage for their disk and CPU. For me, this caused my normally tip-top, well oiled machine (computer) to suddenlyexperience slow downs (the mouse dragged as I moved it across the screen) and freezes, with the only possible way to get out of these freezes was to do a manual reboot (Ctrl+Alt+Delete didn't do a thing; my keyboard was unresponsive). Not only that, but myhard drive was making weird noises; it would squeak quietly and sound like it was constantly writing and reading. Even worse, I experienced the horrifying 'blue screen of DEATH' twice during the month-long entire fiasco. I looked at the task manager andsearched through it to see which program(s) was/were hogging my resources. It turned out that the 'Communications Service' aka 'livecomm.exe' program was constantly running and using up a lot of the CPU and disk. As a temporary fix, I would divide my screenin half, one side with whatever it is I needed to do, and the other side with the task manager.
This way, I could monitor the disk and CPU usage while using my computer, and whenever the 'communications service'/'livecomm.exe' started being a resource hog,I could instantly click on it and end its task, before my computer started freezing. This got really annoying, especially considering the fact that I could only use half of my monitor. After doing some research, I discovered that this program helps to runthe Mail, Calendar, and People Apps found on the ever-so-hated Start Menu.
Coincidentally, whenever I went onto the Mail app, I would recieve the error, '. Email address is removed for privacy. is having problems sending and receiving messages.'
This led to my realization that allof my problems were most likely caused by a bug in the Mail, Calendar, and People apps. Even though I did use and enjoyed the convenience of having these apps, I decided that the only way to fix my computer's problems was to uninstall these apps, thereforeremoving the 'communications service'/'livecomm.exe' from my system. After doing so, my computer is no longer at a constant 100% disk and CPU usage, and instead hangs around 10% MAX disk usage and 30% MAX CPU usage.
My hard drive is once again silent, andmy computer hasn't frozen since. Better yet, I have not seen the horrid 'blue screen of DEATH' since then. Now, a month after the incident, my computer is working well and is yet again in tip-top shape.
In conclusion, for SOME, this may be a solution toyour problem, especially if the 'communications service'/'livecomm.exe' is the culprit according to the task manager. I might have just gotten lucky, but I have a good reason to believe that this was the true source of my problems. I hope this helps youif you are experiencing any related issues.
I just wanted to put this out there for anyone desperately searching the internet, trying to find a fix to their unwanted problems, just as I was doing about a month ago. Again, I hope this helps you!!! Good luck!!!TO MICROSOFT-FIX THIS BUG IN THE MAIL APP NOW!!! Yeah, you should never try to delete stuff from the task manager. That can cause serious issues (Ex: delete 'System').I'm glad that this post has helped you. It has been months since I posted this, and before you responded, I assumed that this issue was exclusive to me, and that this post was completely pointless overall. But now that I know you had the same problem as Idid, I am aware that this has affected at least one other person.
Anyways, glad I could help.I can confirm once again that this is indeed the fix for this situation: it's been quite a long time since I deleted the Mail app from my computer, and I've never had a freeze, crash, blue screen, etc. Since I fixed the issue.It amazes me that little things like this can make someone think that their computer should be ditched altogether, when in reality the fix is simple.I would advise that you don't re-download the mail app. Just check your email on your browser.
I miss the convenience of the mail app, but I am not going to risk the well-being of my computer just so I can access my email quickly.If only Microsoft was better than this. It amazes me how it is the CUSTOMERS who have to fix their computer, and not the COMPANY. In my opinion, the entire company started going downhill ever since Gates left. Since then, they've made Vista, which was terrible,7, which was pretty good, and of course, the infamous 8. Of course, after Gates left, a lot of their best employees left too. Hopefully Windows 9 will be an improvement.Good luck to you. I hope you don't have to endure any more Windows 8 fiascoes!!!
I had found a similar issue also with windows 8.1 I noticed all my devices would lose internet connection every 30 minutes.I assumed it was the router as all devices wired and wireless could not connect.After a week of no internet and over 4 hours on the phone to my ISP I started playing around and noticed everything worked if I disconnected my laptop.I check task manager and there is 'Communications Service' eating up every bit of my bandwidth and crippling the router.Unbelievably bad, I can't believe how much time I've lost to this. I logged in just to say thanks to you. I had tried everything from disabling superfetch, windows search to disabling BITS and ultimately reinstalling windows. None of these fixes helped and my hard disk usage stayed constantly at 100%. I was about to giveup and take my pc to a service center when I read this post. I had uninstalled these 3 apps and I saw the results instantly.
The usage dropped from 100% to straight 2-5%. The usage still reaches 100% at times but it lasts there for less than a second.
Mostof the time it varies between 0 to 10%. Thanks for sharing the solution. Hope it works out for other people too. Hello,I'm not a technician either, nor am I a Microsoft employee. I'm just a normal Windows 8.1 user who found a computer-damaging glitch in 8.1. It's funny how Microsoft's CUSTOMERS are the ones who have to fix their computers' problems, and not the EMPLOYEES.Anyway, to the issue at hand.Well, first you need to determine what's causing the 100% disk usage, whether it's a Windows Start Menu App or a normal desktop program, or possibly a background process.How did you find out that your computer is constantly at 100% disk usage if you don't know how to use the task manager? Where did you see that your computer is constantly at 100% disk usage?
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You might actually know how to get to the task manager, as thatis the only way to see your computer's disk usage, but didn't know you were actually using the task manager.Nevertheless, to get to the task manager, press and hold the following keys simultaneously: Ctrl + Alt + Delete. Upon doing this, your computer screen will change to one solid color with a list of choices on screen ('Lock', 'Switch User', 'Sign Out', 'Changea password', and 'Task Manager'). Click on 'Task Manager'. You will return to your desktop screen with whatever you were doing previously still on screen, except the task manager will open.
In the task manager, click 'More Details'. Also, before you proceed,I would suggest you 'pin' the task manager to your task bar (the bar on the bottom of your desktop screen where you can click on programs you have minimized to have them appear on screen). To 'pin' the task manager to the task bar, right click on the taskmanager icon in the task bar (it looks like a desktop computer with a line graph on its screen), and click 'Pin this program to the taskbar'.
Now you can just click on the task manager icon on your task bar even when it's not open so you can easily accessthe task manager (no more 'Ctrl + Alt + Delete'). Now, back to the issue. You should have the task manager on screen, and you should have clicked 'More details' in the task manager to view ALL of the processes taking place on your computer. There shouldbe four columns in your task manager, one titled 'CPU', the next 'Memory', the next 'Disk', and the last column 'Network'. Put your mouse over the word 'Disk', and left click. If you've done this right, a little arrow pointing downwards will appear to theright of the 'Disk' column resource percentage.
What you've done is arranged the 'Disk' column so that the process using the most resources is at the top of the column, while the processes using less resources are at the bottom. If the 'Disk' column has99% or 100% usage (WHICH SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN, EVER, except when your computer is booting up), then there's a program, application, or background process hogging all of the disk usage. Look at the disk column, and watch to see which process is at the top ofthe list and is consistently using the most resources (example: System, 50 MB/s). If you notice that one process is hogging a lot of disk resources, look over to the left of the task manager window, under the 'Name' column, and look at the name of the resource-hoggingprocess. If the process is 'livecomm.exe', then you need to delete the 'Mail App' (how to do that later).
If the resource hogging process is not 'livecomm.exe', but something else, I can't help you, and I suggest you google the process' name to make sureit's not a virus (if you don't have an anti-virus software, by the way, then I HIGHLY suggest 'Kaspersky Internet Security'), and figure out how to uninstall that process, if you can.Now, if the resource hogging process is 'livecomm.exe', you're in luck; you simply need to delete the 'Mail App' from your computer. If you use the 'Calendar App' or 'People App', be ready to say goodbye to these apps too; you cannot delete the 'Mail App'without deleting the 'Calendar App' and 'People App' too. So, to delete the 'Mail App', go to the Windows 8.1 Start Menu (if you're at the desktop, click on the Windows button, which is exactly at the left hand bottom corner of the desktop). Now that you'reat the Start Menu, click the arrow in the circle pointing down (located near left hand bottom corner of the Start Menu). Now you'll see a big list of all the Windows 8.1 apps on your computer categorized in alphabetical ordered. Find the app called 'Mail,Calendar, and People'. Right click on this app and click 'Unistall'.
The 'Mail, Calendar, and People' app should disappear, and your problem should be fixed!!However, I would recommend that you still check the task manager.if it still reads 100% disk usage days after you uninstalled the 'Mail, Calendar, and People' app, then you still have a problem.Best of luck to you!! Hello,I'm not a technician either, nor am I a Microsoft employee. I'm just a normal Windows 8.1 user who found a computer-damaging glitch in 8.1.
It's funny how Microsoft's CUSTOMERS are the ones who have to fix their computers' problems, and not the EMPLOYEES.Anyway, to the issue at hand.Well, first you need to determine what's causing the 100% disk usage, whether it's a Windows Start Menu App or a normal desktop program, or possibly a background process.How did you find out that your computer is constantly at 100% disk usage if you don't know how to use the task manager? Where did you see that your computer is constantly at 100% disk usage? You might actually know how to get to the task manager, as thatis the only way to see your computer's disk usage, but didn't know you were actually using the task manager.Nevertheless, to get to the task manager, press and hold the following keys simultaneously: Ctrl + Alt + Delete. Upon doing this, your computer screen will change to one solid color with a list of choices on screen ('Lock', 'Switch User', 'Sign Out', 'Changea password', and 'Task Manager'). Click on 'Task Manager'. You will return to your desktop screen with whatever you were doing previously still on screen, except the task manager will open. In the task manager, click 'More Details'.
Also, before you proceed,I would suggest you 'pin' the task manager to your task bar (the bar on the bottom of your desktop screen where you can click on programs you have minimized to have them appear on screen). To 'pin' the task manager to the task bar, right click on the taskmanager icon in the task bar (it looks like a desktop computer with a line graph on its screen), and click 'Pin this program to the taskbar'. Now you can just click on the task manager icon on your task bar even when it's not open so you can easily accessthe task manager (no more 'Ctrl + Alt + Delete'). Now, back to the issue. You should have the task manager on screen, and you should have clicked 'More details' in the task manager to view ALL of the processes taking place on your computer. There shouldbe four columns in your task manager, one titled 'CPU', the next 'Memory', the next 'Disk', and the last column 'Network'.
Put your mouse over the word 'Disk', and left click. If you've done this right, a little arrow pointing downwards will appear to theright of the 'Disk' column resource percentage.
What you've done is arranged the 'Disk' column so that the process using the most resources is at the top of the column, while the processes using less resources are at the bottom. If the 'Disk' column has99% or 100% usage (WHICH SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN, EVER, except when your computer is booting up), then there's a program, application, or background process hogging all of the disk usage. Look at the disk column, and watch to see which process is at the top ofthe list and is consistently using the most resources (example: System, 50 MB/s). If you notice that one process is hogging a lot of disk resources, look over to the left of the task manager window, under the 'Name' column, and look at the name of the resource-hoggingprocess. If the process is 'livecomm.exe', then you need to delete the 'Mail App' (how to do that later). If the resource hogging process is not 'livecomm.exe', but something else, I can't help you, and I suggest you google the process' name to make sureit's not a virus (if you don't have an anti-virus software, by the way, then I HIGHLY suggest 'Kaspersky Internet Security'), and figure out how to uninstall that process, if you can.Now, if the resource hogging process is 'livecomm.exe', you're in luck; you simply need to delete the 'Mail App' from your computer.
If you use the 'Calendar App' or 'People App', be ready to say goodbye to these apps too; you cannot delete the 'Mail App'without deleting the 'Calendar App' and 'People App' too. So, to delete the 'Mail App', go to the Windows 8.1 Start Menu (if you're at the desktop, click on the Windows button, which is exactly at the left hand bottom corner of the desktop). Now that you'reat the Start Menu, click the arrow in the circle pointing down (located near left hand bottom corner of the Start Menu). Now you'll see a big list of all the Windows 8.1 apps on your computer categorized in alphabetical ordered. Find the app called 'Mail,Calendar, and People'. Right click on this app and click 'Unistall'.
The 'Mail, Calendar, and People' app should disappear, and your problem should be fixed!!However, I would recommend that you still check the task manager.if it still reads 100% disk usage days after you uninstalled the 'Mail, Calendar, and People' app, then you still have a problem.Best of luck to you!!Hi Man! Thanks for your detailed explanation, actually, tell the story of my laptop since i started using Win 8.1, my problem is that, after doing all the steps, when i right click on CPU% to see which one uses more CPU, the higher one, system or other,only marks 2.00 M/Bs at most.
And the rest 0.1 or 0, but the toptal usage still being 99%any idea why? And what to do?
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