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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 about it. Stack: After loading symbols:
hikari
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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 have updated all drivers and everything is functional.…
Martin Jensen
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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 not working as expected. When I launch it, it…
Luke
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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 CPU usage of 'system and compressed memory' in…
Jonny Blaze
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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 Office 365. above is early days of me using Teams…
Scott Stensland
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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 offender?
fernacolo
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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 it started, but one day I noticed my computer…
Julian
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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 x64), the Vaio Power Media Dock, and Plantronics…
Jalil
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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 used mostly for routing packets. It has 2…
Horatiu
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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 cpu, and overall cpu utilization is around 13%. I…
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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 3050 Ti ( relevant for later) using many solutions from users and I have…
Thomas Marquet
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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? :)
Dims
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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 low as 4 percent. I seriously have no idea what…
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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 maybe 30 seconds and then spike up to 25 - 50…
Samuel
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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 16299.192 using today's WPR (just downloaded) and…
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