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Action Advised - Back Up Your PC
How do I stop this prompt from continually coming back on the Settings Home screen? I've disable all the backup settings that I can find.
1. Quickly turn off reminders
Disable via Security Center
Open Windows Security Center (Taskbar shield icon)
Go to “Device performance and operational status”
Under “Backup Suggestions”, click “Turn off notifications”.
2. Disable by Group Policy (Professional/Enterprise)
Press Win+R and type gpedit.msc
Navigate to:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Maintenance Manager
Enable the “Turn off maintenance notifications” policy
3. Resolve the problem completely (recommended)
Option A: Complete a system backup
Connect an external storage device (USB/removable drive)
Go to Settings > Update and Security > Backup
4. Select:
File History Backup (documents/images, etc.)
System image backup (Control Panel > Backup and Restore)
Option B: Check disk health status
Run CMD as administrator:
cmd
chkdsk C: /f /r
Check SSD health:
cmd
winsat disk -drive C
5. Advanced user options
Disable via registry (applies to all versions)
Press Win+R and type regedit
Locate:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceHealth
Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value:
Name: DisableBackupNotification
Value: 1
6. Troubleshooting Common Problems
Constant pop-up reminders?
Run the troubleshooting tool:
cmd
msdt.exe -id MaintenanceDiagnostic
7. Backup failed?
Make sure the destination drive:
Has enough space (at least 1.5 times the space already used on the C drive)
Uses NTFS format
Is not a system reserved partition
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No one likes these low IQ advertisements, Microsoft. My settings, on my computer, are not a place to deliver dishonest advertisements at me. Why do you guys think this is remotely acceptable or appropriate? I especially don't like being lied to. Backing up my PC, is not syncing to a cloud. Everyone is still waiting for the new dishonest employees Microsoft now exclusively hires to bring back the Windows 10 local backup option that we are all still waiting for. We also don't like the "Windows Backup" OneDrive advertisement in the Start Menu that we can't get rid of.
None of these settings exist? Group policy does not have "Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Maintenance Manage", Windows Security Center (Taskbar shield icon)
“Device performance and operational status” does not exist. Under system notifications all notifications or backup or suggestions are off. Yet still getting this. I DON"T WANT TO BACK UP MY PC TO ONEDRIVE, this doesn't mean I don't want to use one drive, I just don't want to back up my laptop, desktop, other desktop etc. all to the "same" account. This just creates a mess. How can we stop the constant "harassment"? Is this a business policy by Microsoft hoping most people will just give up? This is unreal, shouldn't be this difficult.1. Quickly turn off reminders
Disable via Security Center
Open Windows Security Center (Taskbar shield icon)
Go to “Device performance and operational status”
Under “Backup Suggestions”, click “Turn off notifications”.
2. Disable by Group Policy (Professional/Enterprise)
Press Win+R and type gpedit.msc
Navigate to:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Maintenance Manager
Enable the “Turn off maintenance notifications” policy
3. Resolve the problem completely (recommended)
Option A: Complete a system backup
Connect an external storage device (USB/removable drive)
Go to Settings > Update and Security > Backup
4. Select:
File History Backup (documents/images, etc.)
System image backup (Control Panel > Backup and Restore)
Option B: Check disk health status
Run CMD as administrator:
cmd
chkdsk C: /f /r
Check SSD health:
cmd
winsat disk -drive C
5. Advanced user options
Disable via registry (applies to all versions)
Press Win+R and type regedit
Locate:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceHealth
Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value:
Name: DisableBackupNotification
Value: 1
6. Troubleshooting Common Problems
Constant pop-up reminders?
Run the troubleshooting tool:
cmd
msdt.exe -id MaintenanceDiagnostic
7. Backup failed?
Make sure the destination drive:
Has enough space (at least 1.5 times the space already used on the C drive)
Uses NTFS format
Is not a system reserved partitionHolaway just told you the setting "Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Maintenance Manager" in gpedit.msc doesn't exist, and he's entirely correct. Why do you then repeat yourself like a robot? I have the same problem, and we're all paying customers.
These people can barely read, it's a miracle they figured out copy and paste.
