Tuesday, September 5, 2017

windows 7 - Mystery processes maxing CPU Usage

I have recently re-installed Windows 7 following a BSOD incident and I have noticed the CPU usage maxing out occasionally when I am not doing very much (not when it has recently started up). When I hear the fans going full throttle I check task manager to see what is working the computer so hard, but nothing is listed that is using more than a few % CPU, yet the overall usage is 100% (or high ninties) e.g.


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Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get the the bottom of what the computer is really doing when this happens?

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