I'm pretty sure the problem is caused by Avast. AshServ.exe for example seems to produce a lot of activity. If I disable Avast, the problem is gone. A conflict with what? It occurs on every XP, Vista and Seven PC I have, Originally I thought, the massive amount of hard disc activity a few minutes after waking up from standby or hibernate is caused by the Windows Search process, but this is already disabled. There must be something Avast is performing on the hard disc a few minutes after resumung from sleep. I cannot image I am one only one that has this problem (on several, totally different PC)...What is Avast doing a few minutes after getting back from standby/hibernate - and how can I stop this massive hard disk activity caused by Avast?
How many systems do you have?, It is virtually impossible to troubleshoot as you are not giving enough info to make a real pin-point judgement. And even if you did, if you have as many systems as you claim, it would take up a huge amount of space, and many users will simply pass by such a daunting task as trouble shooting at least 3 system types, hardware and virtual.
Summarize each system, including OS, service packs, Security programs, ram, disc space, ......you see how much that would total? Each of your systems would need its own individual thread, with specs and separate setup logs or dumps for each.
Alternative; clean install on all of your many varied systems.
How 2?>>1. Get the Avast! uninstall tool>>
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-uninstall-utility.html 2. Go get appropriate Avast! setup again,
3. Uninstall avast normally. reboot.
4. Use the removal tool. reboot.
5. Run Avast! setup. reboot (yes, again)