Wednesday, March 7, 2018

windows 7 - ~100% CPU Usage with little CPU Process utilization

Fresh install Windows 7 on single core desktop. Windows Task Manager:





  • Performance Tab: spikes to ~100% CPU usage for long periods (30+ seconds)

  • Processes Tab: sum of CPU column is < 4%



Windows Update -> Install Updates seems to cause trigger this event. Is there a simple / clever technique to determine if there are any other services that are significantly consuming CPU usage?

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