Diagnostic tasks

Settings›Tasks›Diagnostics and analysis›Diagnostic tasks

Recommendation

Situational

On a pre-verified gaming system, the tasks can be disabled and diagnostics performed manually.

If device, network, update or servicing errors appear, first restore the original state.

Main effect

Disabling background diagnostics

FPS and memory

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What changes

The group performs background diagnostics of the system. According to the visible description, BoosterX tasks “are needed for system diagnostics. Memory, disk, CPU and other consumption”, and according to the BoosterX catalog the group covers the file system, memory and storage. Visible scenarios: background checking of the file system and disk health, memory diagnostics, collecting crash data for automatic problem detection. After disabling, Windows stops detecting some problems in the background and offering to fix them. Error logging in event logs does not stop.

Exceptions and differences

• Manual tools remain available: a disk check can be started from the disk properties (“Properties” → “Tools” → “Check”), and memory — with “Windows Memory Diagnostic”.
• The setting is available in both Windows 10 and Windows 11 — there are no version restrictions in BoosterX.
• The cost of disabling is a reduced ability of Windows to self-diagnose, so if errors persist, revert the setting.

How to verify the result

Run the manual tools: the disk check from the disk properties and “Windows Memory Diagnostic” work as usual — the system does not lose the ability to diagnose on demand. Suggestions to fix detected problems in the background no longer appear.

How to change and revert

Open “Optimization” → “Tasks” → “Diagnostics and analysis” → “Diagnostic tasks” and set the toggle to “Enabled”: BoosterX will disable the background diagnostic tasks. Click “Apply” at the bottom of the page; if “Instant apply” is enabled, a separate button is not required. To revert, set the toggle to “Disabled” and apply the change again: BoosterX will return Windows to its default state with the tasks enabled.

Confirmation

• Research on scheduled diagnostics — examines the Scheduled Diagnostics branch adjacent to this group: it is confirmed that disabling does not remove the task registration and does not disable all Windows diagnostics; no performance gain is shown.
• The composition of background diagnostics is described according to the BoosterX catalog; no public Microsoft documentation about the tasks in this group was found as of the verification date, so the statement remains without an external source.

Last verified: 2026-09-20.