synthetic
Senior Member
I was having nonstop clicks and pops on my Windows 10 VEP slave machine, and I finally traced it to a TON of background services running from my Acronis 2017 backup software (which I thought was manual only.) Here is how you kill those if you have this problem:
1. Click the Windows icon then type "Services." Launch that app.
2. You'll see a giant list of services. If you sort by Name, all the Acronis bullshit should be on the top
3. Right click on any of those, click "Properties"
4. Change the Startup Type in the menu to "Disabled"
5. Repeat for all of the other junk.
If you're still having problems, right click the Windows (Start) button and choose "Task Manager." Sort by CPU to see what is happening in the background.
1. Click the Windows icon then type "Services." Launch that app.
2. You'll see a giant list of services. If you sort by Name, all the Acronis bullshit should be on the top
3. Right click on any of those, click "Properties"
4. Change the Startup Type in the menu to "Disabled"
5. Repeat for all of the other junk.
If you're still having problems, right click the Windows (Start) button and choose "Task Manager." Sort by CPU to see what is happening in the background.