Free Space on SSD C drive drops about 10-15 GB every hour - Win 7 Pro SP1 64 bit

[paulwb]

See if this resource helps with this.
[COLOR=rgb(255, 128, 0)]Remove Nvidia telemetry with Autoruns. 13.62
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Thank you Rustys. Will give it a go now.
What are your thoughts on the quote below … is that statement accurate?
[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 255)]“Just deinstalling Gforce Experience works as well. It’s not required for the drivers to work at all and mostly bloatware with constant cloud access.”
NvBackend.exe is a resource HOG! Disable for whole system improvment. :: Fallout 4 General Discussions [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 255)][/color][/color]

[Rustys]

Thank you Rustys. Will give it a go now.
What are your thoughts on the quote below … is that statement accurate?
[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 255)]“Just deinstalling Gforce Experience works as well. It’s not required for the drivers to work at all and mostly bloatware with constant cloud access.”
NvBackend.exe is a resource HOG! Disable for whole system improvment. :: Fallout 4 General Discussions [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 255)]
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From what I have been reading on it yes.
Here is what it does.

What this tool does is that it can make automatic configuration changes to the system on the basis of all the games you play on your system. Also, Nvidia GeForce Experience is a cloud-based program which means it gets all its updates regularly from the cloud to work with new cards, drivers, hardware and even new games that launch. But the truth is that this program is best suited only for gamers who need regular tweaks to support new and resource intensive games.

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[paulwb]

See if this resource helps with this.
Remove Nvidia telemetry with Autoruns. 13.62

I don’t have those 3 entries in Task Scheduler ( 1. NVIDIA telemetry monitor 2. crash and telemetry reporter 3. crash and telemetry reporter ) because malnutrition advised to remove them last week on a malware fix.

I did find this though … your thoughts?
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/12/27/dis...d-performance/

[paulwb]

From what I have been reading on it yes.
Here is what it does.

What this tool does is that it can make automatic configuration changes to the system on the basis of all the games you play on your system. Also, Nvidia GeForce Experience is a cloud-based program which means it gets all its updates regularly from the cloud to work with new cards, drivers, hardware and even new games that launch. But the truth is that this program is best suited only for gamers who need regular tweaks to support new and resource intensive games.

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I’m not a gamer, but use this pc for streaming forex data & charts.
If I uninstall GeForce Experience, how will I get driver updates?[/color]

[Rustys]

There are 2 ways.

1. Go to the systems (HP, Dell, Gateway) manufacture and get the updated drivers from there.
2. Go to the devices manufacture site and get the drives form there.

[jmarket]

If you believe the problem is caused by Nvidia what you could also try is using this guide HERE to completely remove the Nvidia crud, and then make a fresh reinstall ensuring you choose custom from the install menu and just install the basic driver, no other bits.

[paulwb]

There are 2 ways.

1. Go to the systems (HP, Dell, Gateway) manufacture and get the updated drivers from there.
2. Go to the devices manufacture site and get the drives form there.

OK, thank you.
I think I found the culprit, a specific program to deactivate, after other NVIDIA services like telemetry, crash reporter were either disabled or removed.

I was able to delete backend.log.bak , but not backend.log ( found in AppData > Local > NVIDIA > NvBackend )
Got message saying it was in use by NVIDIA Container. So I went into Services, and DISABLED NVIDIA LocalSystem Container.
Am now able to delete backend.log ( over 18 GB now ). Finally, C drive free space has stopped decreasing.
Ran cCleaner and free space now at 174 GB out of 223 GB, which sounds right.
Of course, if I do an NVIDIA update, all tweaks will be undone.
I believe this problem also correlates to installed RAM showing only 14 GB when there’s 16 GB on board … read somewhere that this telemetry crap eats up about 2 GB of RAM.

I WANT TO TEAR A STRIP OFF OF NVIDIA MANAGEMENT FOR APPROVING THIS TELEMETRY SOFTWARE/MALWARE CRAP & WASTING MY FRIDAY TO TROUBLESHOOT THIS NONSENSE.

Thanks again to jmarket, Rustys & Gus @ PCHF for all your help, and of course learned a ton in the process.

I’ll monitor this for the remainder of the day to make sure this fix sticks.

[Rustys]

Keep us informed and if you need anything we are always here.

[jmarket]

Just as a tailpiece for this Nvidia mess and extra rubbish included with its drivers. Whilst researching for the guide on removing telemetry I found it is not all Nvidia drivers come bundled with telemetry, and as an example I have a PC with a Geforce GTS250 Nvidia card and the latest drivers for it even with the “Express” install meaning you get all the carp, doesnt include telemetry. This I assume is due to this graphic card having older drivers than some of the more upmarket cards?

Glad you got it sorted, thanks for the info on the fix, and can we mark it solved?

[paulwb]

It’s 7:40 pm EST and all is well. SSD C drive free space holding at 174 GB.
Yes, this is solved. Thanks again.

[jmarket]

Our pleasure We’re here for you