Windows 10: Softthinks Agent Service 100% Disk and CPU Usage on Windows 11/10

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If you see an unusually high disk use in your Task Manager accompanied by a process called Softthinks, you might wonder what it is. This article explains what Softthinks is, what causes the issue, and how to fix it. What is Softthinks? Softthinks is basically a backup tool that is used for creating backup files […]

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SoftThinks Agent Services using large disk space

I have this same issue. I have researched and made changes to all other programs that seem to be hogging disk usage. But I can not figure out how to disable this service. Softthinks does not appear in the startup list.

I did disable sftservice.exe in task manager, and diskusage dropped to normal. Will this be a permanent fix or will it come back after I restart?

Thanks for the help.

Lyn

 

SoftThinks Agent Services using large disk space

Hi Jeff,



I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with delay in using Windows 10 functionality.



The issue could occur if services is in startup services and consuming the disk space.



I suggest you to disable the unwanted services and also boot the computer safe mode to check if the issue persist in it. Check if it helps.

Method 1: I recommend you to check for any unwanted services at the startup and check if it helps.

1. Click on Search bar.

2. Then type "System Configuration" without the quotes in the search bar and click on it.

3. Click on Startup tab.

4. Then check if SoftThinks Agent services is present in it or not.

5. If it is present, then try disabling it. Also disable any unwanted services.

If the issue still persist, then refer to the below method.

Method 2: I suggest you to boot the computer in safe mode and check if the issue is occurring in it.

Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode


Please get back to us with an update on slow performance
issue with Windows 10, we will be happy to help.



Thank you.

 

100% disk usage.

Summer has ended and my girlfriend booted her school laptop for the first time in months, only for it to be so unbearably slow that it took several minutes to log in. She handed it to me and said "fix it"... that was 3 days ago and now I am here to humbly
ask the community what is going on with this GD laptop.

It boots and task manager reports 100%CPU usage, it then lags for several seconds and displays 100%disk usage with CPU usage bouncing between 30-60%.

If you leave it alone with task manager running it will eventually quiet down to a reasonable 0-5% disk usage, but doing ANYTHING causes it to bounce right back to 100%.

I have tried EVERYTHING.

• disable superfetch.
• disable microsoft search.
• disable updates and suggestive tips.
• updated to the most current version of microsoft. (it hadn't been updated since 2018 when she bought it.)
• reconfigured AHCI PCIE.
• changed energy options.
• disabled indexing.
• reset the virtual memory.
• ran disk defragment and disabled all scheduling.
• updated all drivers.
• deleted google chrome.
• Disabled all services that weren't microsoft services and disabled all startup programs (clean boot).

Still no change in the disk usage.

Its an HP Laptop model 15-bw0xx with Windows 10 home edition version 10.0.18362

after messing with it this long im considering replacing the HDD with an SSD but I fear that it wont fix the issue.