Your second sentence incorrectly assumes that OneNote is working as
anticipated by the programming and that I am trying to interfere with this
operation for no reason.
My reality is that OneNote's disk processes frequently "take over" and leave
me unable to use my computer for several minutes. For example, when
starting OneNote, the system will start its backup routine and churn. And
churn. I have a 3GB cache. (I watch the churning using Mark Russinovich's
very useful "file monitor" program -- if you ever need to analyze
instantaneous disk use, it is excellent). The point is, this is
absolutely the wrong time FOR ME for OneNote to be doing any disk
maintenance. From a user standpoint, when I start up a program, I have it in
mind to use the program. Especially software whose purpose is to be
available when I "have idea need to record idea", etc.
To address these disk issues, I have 1) moved my OneNote Notebooks to a
flash drive, 2) shut off all automatic backups and 3) turned off automatic
cache optimization. The result is that OneNote now only interacts with its
cache during the day. The increased interface response from OneNote has
been noticable, I suspect this is because it is only updating the cache and
not concurrently synchronizing the OneNote Notebooks. And it never "takes
over" the computer anymore.
But the important thing is that now I can control when it is a good time FOR
ME for it to update the notebooks, optimize the cache, backup my Notebooks
etc. I was hoping to be able to do these things overnight, when I also have
the laptop defragment its drive and do other backups, etc.
