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Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - webdev77 - Apr 16, 2020
I found an interesting failure of task manager today. The network usage on the Processes tab of task manager shows 0% network use while the Performance tab shows network activity happening.
Can anyone else replicate this behavior?
RE: Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - LoremIpsum - Apr 16, 2020
Bastille I assume you are one of the members I think of when seeing this. Do you know what's up or did you had the same, for example?
RE: Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - webdev77 - Apr 16, 2020
(Apr 16, 2020 02:45 PM)M0HX Wrote: it shows 0% in processes if not using internet.
but in performance only the wifi changes. I guess to indicate the packets to the router/etc?
Internet graph is 0% too.
can u show a gif of whachu mean?
The column remains static at 0% regardless of actual usage. The plot on the performance tab shows what I believe is the actual usage.
Spoiler (Click to View)
![[Image: OYmZucA.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/OYmZucA.jpg)
![[Image: SoFcTPo.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/SoFcTPo.jpg)
To be clear here, several of these processes are using internet. I loaded a youtube video to get the pulses seen here and my browser process still shows 0% on the Processes tab.
RE: Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - Angela White - Apr 16, 2020
Mine does the exact same thing, I am 100% sure that I don't have malware on this machine, so I'm assuming it's something to do with a Windows Update fuck-up or CCleaner deleting something it shouldn't have.
![[Image: fd43436efb4ea351b62e64e3032b3499.png]](https://i.gyazo.com/fd43436efb4ea351b62e64e3032b3499.png)
RE: Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - webdev77 - Apr 16, 2020
(Apr 16, 2020 02:51 PM)KasprDev Wrote: Mine does the exact same thing, I am 100% sure that I don't have malware on this machine, so I'm assuming it's something to do with a Windows Update fugg-up or CCleaner deleting something it shouldn't have.
I don't use CCleaner or similar and am also fairly confident I have no malicious software. I think this is just a Windows bug but want to confirm.
RE: Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - Angela White - Apr 16, 2020
(Apr 16, 2020 02:54 PM)webdev77 Wrote: I don't use CCleaner or similar and am also fairly confident I have no malicious software. I think this is just a Windows bug but want to confirm.
Almost 100% sure it is, I'm on my "work machine" right now where I don't have any games or weird software installed. I have CCleaner, Visual Studio, Malwarebytes, Microsoft Edge, Photoshop, Premier Pro, Fiddler, and a few other programs that I am 100% confident aren't malware and I have the same issue.
I'm on Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362
RE: Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - Angela White - Apr 16, 2020
(Apr 16, 2020 03:00 PM)M0HX Wrote: ditch using ccleaner. I was using it in the past but due to security/malware breaches and the company being sold to avast I don't trust it anymore.
I use BleachBit now.
https://www.bleachbit.org/
also consider using actual AV instead of malwarebytes if you really are paranoid about viruses and malware.
Running:
Windows 10 Pro
V: 1909
OS Build: 18363.720
I don’t plan using CCleaner or Malwarebytes soon.
My new SSD comes in the mail on Saturday and I’m going “clean” after that.
RE: Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - webdev77 - Apr 17, 2020
I finally tracked down the problem and it is attributed to Windows updates not cleaning things up properly. The Network Data Usage Monitoring Driver was stopped and never restarted.
To enable (admin cmd):
Code
sc config ndu start=autoRE: Task Manager network usage at zero while performance tab is not - A + - May 7, 2020
(Apr 17, 2020 09:50 AM)webdev77 Wrote: I finally tracked down the problem and it is attributed to Windows updates not cleaning things up properly. The Network Data Usage Monitoring Driver was stopped and never restarted.
To enable (admin cmd):
Codesc config ndu start=auto
That's nuts dude. Good find!