I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

I have never seen this before, does anyone know what it
means ?.

Andrew

Andrew wrote:

I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

Screenshot?

On 23/03/2021 15:10, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote:

I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

Screenshot?

Do you mean post a screenshot ?. I don't have an account
anywhere where I could put it.

The top secction that has the cancel "x" says "Security and Maintenance"
and below it is a red circle with a white Cross and the text
"System Maintenance" and below that 13:57


I'll go and peruse the windows admin tools and see if anything has been
logged.

On 23/03/2021 15:30, Andrew wrote:
On 23/03/2021 15:10, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote:

I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

Screenshot?

Do you mean post a screenshot ?. I don't have an account
anywhere where I could put it.

The top secction that has the cancel "x" says "Security and Maintenance"
and below it is a red circle with a white Cross and the text
"System Maintenance" and below that 13:57


I'll go and peruse the windows admin tools and see if anything has been
logged.

Hmm there is something in Wiki which I will study for a while ..

also something here


https://www.dummies.com/computers/op...in-windows-10/

On 23/03/2021 15:10, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote:

I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

Screenshot?

After going into the control panel app for Security and
maintenance, under Maintenance it said

Automatic maintence No action needed
last run 23/3/21 15:03
Windows automatically schedules maintenance on your computer

Must be something that runs on its own. I don't remember
configuring this after the massive upgrade to Win 10 20H2

On 23/03/2021 15:10, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote:

I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

Screenshot?

Hmm clicking on "Reliablity" in the control panel app
brings up a chronological history showing four of these
red circles and clicking on them shows stuff like
"Windows shut down abnormally", "MMC failure"
and the Info blue circle shows 5 successful Windows
Updates.

I had no idea this Screen existed.

"MMC" failure is the Microsoft management Console that seems
to have a hissy fit whenever I look at the windows logs and
I have to kill it with taskmanager. This used to happen on
win 7 too, but it doesn't seem to hurt.

Andrew wrote:
On 23/03/2021 15:10, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote:

I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

Screenshot?

Hmm clicking on "Reliablity" in the control panel app
brings up a chronological history showing four of these
red circles and clicking on them shows stuff like
"Windows shut down abnormally", "MMC failure"
and the Info blue circle shows 5 successful Windows
Updates.

I had no idea this Screen existed.

"MMC" failure is the Microsoft management Console that seems
to have a hissy fit whenever I look at the windows logs and
I have to kill it with taskmanager. This used to happen on
win 7 too, but it doesn't seem to hurt.

System Maintenance may be a Troubleshooter.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...r-windows.html

I don't think it necessarily cleans eventvwr.msc though.

Paul


Paul

Yes there seem to be lots of things that trigger that sort of error, a
malfunctioning usb device a need to do a back up, indeed almost anything
that is not related to something else!

Brian

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On 23/03/2021 15:10, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote:

I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

Screenshot?

Do you mean post a screenshot ?. I don't have an account
anywhere where I could put it.

The top secction that has the cancel "x" says "Security and Maintenance"
and below it is a red circle with a white Cross and the text
"System Maintenance" and below that 13:57


I'll go and peruse the windows admin tools and see if anything has been
logged.

No that is right but the bad shut down can, and I found that a good clean
of all usb connected plugs with contact cleaner and a bit of pushing in and
out reduced the dodgy lock ups and shut downs no end. My guess is that
windows under certain conditions cannot cope with hardware on the blink very
well and either locks up or shuts down. Brian

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On 23/03/2021 15:10, Andy Burns wrote:
Andrew wrote:

I have a Windows notification which says "system
maintenance" with a red circle and an X in it.

Screenshot?

Hmm clicking on "Reliablity" in the control panel app
brings up a chronological history showing four of these
red circles and clicking on them shows stuff like
"Windows shut down abnormally", "MMC failure"
and the Info blue circle shows 5 successful Windows
Updates.

I had no idea this Screen existed.

"MMC" failure is the Microsoft management Console that seems
to have a hissy fit whenever I look at the windows logs and
I have to kill it with taskmanager. This used to happen on
win 7 too, but it doesn't seem to hurt.

This one was EDF's fault though, a momentary power failure that switched
my Denon HiFi back to standby, and rebooted the PC, though I don't
remember the desklamp blinking but I may have missed that.


Andrew

On 24/03/2021 09:33, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
No that is right but the bad shut down can, and I found that a good clean
of all usb connected plugs with contact cleaner and a bit of pushing in and
out reduced the dodgy lock ups and shut downs no end. My guess is that
windows under certain conditions cannot cope with hardware on the blink very
well and either locks up or shuts down. Brian