Questions tagged [high-cpu-usage]
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MsMpEng makes computer unusable
Every day for the first 8 hours or so, my computer is unusable due to MsMpEng.exe taking 100% CPU while scanning my file systems for viruses (I think). I've already excluded a whole bunch of folders. ...
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"System" using abnormal high CPU usage linked to NVIDIA graphic card
I know many they have been many discussions about the "system using high CPU" already and I have been trying to solve this problem on my Dell XPS 15 9510 with an NVIDIA RTX 3050Ti ( relevant ...
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How to deal with high CPU usage on a 1.4GHz AMD E1-1200 processor with a fresh Windows 10 Home install
I have installed a fresh Windows 10 Home version on my HP 2000 laptop that has a 1.4GHz AMD E1-1200 processor. Even after all the Windows updates are completed and no software is opened up, the CPU ...
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fontdrvhost.exe consuming high CPU and lots of RAM
I have a Windows 10 Professinal (build 1809) system which shows the following effect: Directly after a user logs on to the system, the process fontdrvhost.exe causes 60-80% CPU usage and a memory ...
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High "System" CPU and sluggish response after connecting eGPU
When I connect a Lenovo laptop with embedded Intel Graphics to an eGPU dock (Nvidia) which drives all monitors, the CPU usage remains high with the kernel ("System") always consuming more ...
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"System" process High CPU usage (ntoskrnl.exe)
From time to time the system process takes a lot of CPU, this causes my computer to freeze and lasts for a few seconds (5-10s). Mostly happens when playing games, while playing it happens every few ...
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Why is my system experiencing high CPU usage on restart?
I've noticed recently that after every restart my PC — a new PC build, maybe 8 weeks old — is at 15% CPU usage when idling instead of the usual 1-2%. Nothing else is running at the time. I'm not sure ...
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System \ ntoskrnl.exe \ RtlIoDecodeMemIoResource consuming 3-4% CPU constantly: why and how to avoid it?
My Laptop is using >= 10-15% CPU constantly when idle, specifically System >= 3-4% CPU, of which most comes from
ntoskrnl.exe RtlIoDecodeMemIoResource: 3-4% CPU at least at any time.
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microsoft teams using 100% cpu on Ubuntu
I am on Ubuntu 20.04 and teams is using 100% cpu
/usr/share/teams/teams
dpkg -l|grep teams
ii teams 1.3.00.30857 amd64 Microsoft Teams for Linux is your chat-centered workspace in ...
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Troubleshoot High CPU usage
my pc got some issues after a update b360-9400F to b460-10400
My CPU usage is always at 10-15%. I have reinstall some different Windows version with drivers updated, replace other chipset but not work....
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Client Server Runtime Process and Desktop Window Manager consumes my GPU
Here is it
Why and how to retake my GPU bak for me? :)
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CPU usage 100% till i open task manager in a 4 months old laptop
I have had an i5 10th Gen machine for 4 months, but I can now see that the CPU usage is 100% till I open Task Manager and as the Task Manager opens, the usage reduces drastically and even comes to as ...
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WDDriveService.exe: eating cpu process & excess Internet usage
WDDriveService.exe is working hard, eating CPU cycles and accessing the Internet for no apparent reason.
I’m seeing this on Process Explorer (Sysinternals). (2 pics attached)
I’ve read that “...
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Svchost using high cpu while computer on idle
I've been dealing with high fan noise while my laptop screen turns off and goes idle. I ran performance monitor while this happens found 2 svchost files going 50% and 30% cpu usage. But could not tell ...
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How to fix CPU problems in Windows EventLog service?
The EventLog service in my machine (running under svchost.exe) is using a lot of CPU. I assume it's because some application, driver or component is generating too many logs. How can I spot this ...
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ACPI.sys CPU usage: no solution on Windows, but it's solvable in Linux
I know, yet another post of ACPI.sys sitting atop a CPU core. It's seems a different issue from the other posts, though, please, read on. The other proposed solutions didn't work!
It's a P65_67RSRP ...
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High CPU usage for Windows Error Reporting Service on Windows 10
I recently upgraded to Windows 10 Version 2004, via the Slow Ring of the Windows Insiders programme. About a day later, I noticed that my computer is significantly slowed down and things like right-...
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CPU maxed at 20% usage but Windows shows 100% CPU usage
RealTemp shows that my CPU usage never goes above 25%, while Windows Task Manager thinks it's using 100%.
The temperatures of the CPU never goes above 30 degrees on core 1 and 2, and never goes above ...
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Windows 8.1 powercfg.exe Power Settings Command-line Tool shows high CPU usage
Recently I noticed my laptop fan was working harder, and there was this process using about 35% of CPU: powercfg.exe Power Settings Command-line Tool
I'm using Windows 8.1 and have never run that ...
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Windows 10 CPU being used up by system process
I just reinstalled a copy of Windows 10, and gotten things set up, but I've had trouble with the "system" process in the task manager taking up large amounts of the CPU. It will be normal (0.1%) for ...
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System uses almost all my RAM
I am running a Linux Ubuntu(17.10) distro and my system specs are
Memory : 7.6 GiB
Processor : Intel® Core™ i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz × 4
Graphics : Intel® Ivybridge Mobile
GNOME : 3.26.2
OS Type : 64-...
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Windows 10 high CPU usage unless task manager is opened
A desktop gadget I am using indicates 100% CPU usage. But every time I open Task Manager to find the cause, it suddenly drops to 10-15%. If i close it, it spikes back to 100%.
Also Command Prompt is ...
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svchost relativley high usage after some time
I have Windows 7 Ultimate. sometimes (not always), after about 3-4 minutes that I don't use the computer, I hear the sound of the cpu fan (CPU: 4790K -not overclocked , fan: Deepcool 120mm liquid ...
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Diagnose high CPU on seemingly idle powershell session
I'm finding Powershell is using 20% cpu after a bunch of scripts have run.
The script is made up of a bunch of AzureRM modules, posh-git and vssetup modules and a bunch of custom modules (none of ...
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Browsers cause high cpu utilization
When I open a webpage, my browser will use 100% cpu, the page will load slowly, video/audio will freeze or sputter and the computer becomes generally unusable. This happens in Chrome, Firefox and Edge....
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Explorer.exe taking high CPU usage on Surface Pro 4 - ETL analysis is done
following a very similar thread here - I am posting the screenshot of ETL analysis in Windows Performance Analyzer.
EDIT: ETL file is here as RAR file captured on Windows version 1709 OS Build 16299....
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High CPU usage from explorer.exe shcore.dll!Ordinal247+0xc0
I've been experiencing high cpu usage from explorer.exe in Windows 10 Pro since a while ago, and this specific dll function seems to be the culprit. Any idea what it's for? I couldn't find anything ...
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Connected Bluetooth device and high kernel time
I have connected a DualShock 4 controller to my Windows 10 machine and after around 30 minutes of usage (or simply leaving it connected) the kernel time on my first CPU core is at ~100% usage.
If I ...
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Service host: local system (network restricted) HIGH CPU
I tired everything I could find in the web - nothing is helping.
Long story short: after some uptime of my system, I'm getting my CPU around 90-100%, because the Service host: local system (network ...
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CompaTTelRunner.exe uses almost all cpu
So this has been going on for a while. I will suddenly get 1 or more CompatTelRunner.exe. I am aware of this question and its answers.
Why would it be using so much of the CPU and RAM (last time it ...
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Windows 8 High CPU usage, windows firewall
I have 15 computers all with the same problem. They all have an idle cpu usage of around 80%. This is straight after a login and persists for around 30 minutes before the problem temporarily resolves ...
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Windows 10 - Windows Update and 90+% CPU usage issue
So I've finally updated my Dell E6400 to Windows 10. After a while of not using it I had to take it out of mothballs while my other machine is being repaired.
And the expected annoyance happened: ...
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Using WPA to diagnose high CPU usage of "system and compressed memory" in Windows 10
Because the computer (ACER Aspire V5-122P) was running slow and was quite messy, I reinstalled Windows 10 and installed all the updates recommended. I also installed Avast and MalwareBytes.
It is ...
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'System and compressed memory' CPU spiking and causing lag Windows 10
After a random amount of time after reboot (20 minutes to 2 hours), my laptop would have considerable lag, locking up for 2-3 seconds every 6-10 seconds. I tried to follow What is the cause of a high ...
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Service host with 4 children eats up to 20% of CPU; what does it doing?
I found, that Service host is eating too many CPU resources:
How to know, what does it doing?
procexp64.exe shows even less information (no child process list).
Shutting down this process causes no ...
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High CPU from ntoskrnl.exe during idle on GetStackLimits
I'm having a weird bug in Windows 10.
After 5 minutes of idle, my cpu goes high.
I used Win Performance Analyzer and found that it happens inside the ntoskrnl.exe on the thread GetStackLimits.
I ...
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Issues with high CPU utilization on a Surface Pro 3
Currently problems being faced constantly is really high CPU demand which is leading to overheating issues in my Surface Pro 3.
I have conducted a Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report to understand ...
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Windows 8.1 100% Disk Usage by Ntoskrnl.exe
I have a Dell Inspiron 15 with 4 GB RAM, Intel Celeron 1007U 1.50 GHz Dual-Core, running windows 8.1 (x64).
Recently, I've been having a problem with high disk usage. I can't say for sure when or why ...
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Windows GUI unresponsive under heavy load: Give it higher priority?
I'm doing some very heavy computation on a Windows Server 2012 machine. Like, thousands of processes doing heavy stuff.
Occasionally, I want to do some administration work and check progress. But the ...
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nusb3xhc.sys high CPU usage
Lately, I've been observing that my CPU often have higher load than it should.
After digging, I found a very weird and specific problem.
The facts :
I have a Vaio Z21 (VPCZ21C5E - Core i7 - Win7 ...
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Windows 8.1 high cpu load from system idle process
I am running W8.1 on a elder Dell Latitude D830. Now the CPU load is permanent at a minimum of 50%, mostly for the system idle process
On my process explorer I can see 55% System Idle process, and on ...
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High CPU core usage from System Interrupts [duplicate]
The CPU usage on my AMD Phenom II X4 820 hasn't gone below 25% in days, and I realized that it’s because my 4th core is constantly at 100% load.
I have spent quite a while trying to figure out why, ...
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how do i make pppoe use less cpu ?
The new ISP i switched to uses pppoe.
So on my old linux (centos 6) router i decited to install a pppoe client and configure as necessary.
I say old because it's a pentium III 850 mhz with 128 MB ram ...
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How to find the culprit of high sysload on NAS?
I have a QNAP TS-410 NAS, modest little ARM-based box.
In the past the sysload of the NAS would be well below 0.5 for all load averages (1, 5 and 15 mins), it would only spike while sabnzbd was ...
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Very fast Laptop Heating due to very high CPU usage by dwm.exe
My laptop gets heated very fast and when I check the task manager, I find dwm.exe consuming very high CPU (mostly 100%). In the beginning I found the message "The graphic adapter has been stopped and ...
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98% CPU load when searching for updates (applydeltarpm)
I'm running openSUSE 13.1 on my laptop and every time the system starts looking for updates, the fan goes crazy and the CPU load gets to over 90%. Using top, I discovered that the process ...
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How to increase the cpu utilisation of a process in windows 8
I am doing a project for my college using WEKA, I am classifying a very large text file(300MB). But it is a very slow process.
I looked in the task manager and I saw that weka uses only 10% of the ...
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Samsung Ultrabook Np-530U4C-S01 High Ram Usage
I'm using Samsung Ultrabook Np-530U4C-S01. Here is tech specs. (using Win8, not 7)
https://i.stack.imgur.com/SHy4e.png
So when i start my computer it has avg 2.5 GB memory. Here is task manager SS:
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Windows defender thread using 100% CPU
The problem is the following - a thread of windows defender hangs and consumes 100% of one core (viewed with process explorer). It happens only when there is InPrivate IE instance running. The result ...
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