Disk space hard keeps being endangered? I am sure that I do not have a virus...

I've recently updated my Vista to Service Pack 2, and a lot of problems arise.  I've never had these problems with Service Pack 1.

(1) my hard drive space keeps disappearing.  I used to have 10 GB of free space and now he got up to 400 MBs.  Where is he past?  I have not installed any programs or downloaded viruses.  I've never had this problem until Service Pack 2 has been installed.  I heard people saying delete "restore points" but I've never had this problem with SP1. Why SP2 should change my settings without my consent?  How can I recover my memory disappears?

(2) update my window is DISABLED.  I never left my computer install updates by itself, because I like to choose what updates I want.  However, I always get 'new' random programs whenever I restart my computer.  Just recently (4 days after I installed SP2) I have a 'maintenance' folder in my Start menu.  I did some research and it said that I had already installed maintenance, but then why he told me it was a 'new program' when I've had it for awhile?

(3) my battery life went from roughly 15 minutes an hour.  While I understand batteries degrade over time, I highly doubt he would go from 1 hour 15 minutes instantly.  I'm not an engineer so I have no idea how batteries work, but I guess that my autonomy would see a gradual decline.  In addition, I find it very doubtful that my autonomy would diminish much the day of this, I installed SP2. What are the ways for me to reduce the process that SP2 uses so I can save my autonomy?

Thank you

Hi 60201

You can try the following steps and check.

Step 1:

You try to run a disk cleanup to remove unwanted files and check if the problem persists.

For more information, run Disk Cleanup, see the following link:

Delete files using disk cleanup.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup

Step 2:

This can also occur if the power options are changed. You can check the power settings.

Check out the link:

Change, create, or delete a power plan (scheme)

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-create-or-delete-a-power-plan-scheme

Also check that the size of the hyberfil.sys and pagefile.sys

If hibernation is enabled, the hyberfil.sys file size will be more.

You can also check the event viewer to check any recent activity that happens on the computer as well as the performance.

Links:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/open-Event-Viewer

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-information-appears-in-event-logs-Event-Viewer

Hope this information is useful.

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