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High CPU Usage. Found The Culprit

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In P3D, I noticed that my CPU usage was very high, and was getting occasional Windows crash dumps when flying. I noticed in the event viewer 2 apps running that were listed as crashing and errors were as long as my arm.

The 2 offenders were SkypeHost and Homegroup.

 

Now, this is the Skype that comes with W10, not the actual Skype downloaded version. As I don't use Skype, I uninstalled it, and disabled Homegroup.  (I network the old fashioned way )

 

Now you can't disable Skype, not even in Services, as it will re enable after a period of time.

 

My HDD has never been so quiet. Instructions for removal in the link

 

http://appuals.com/skypehost-exe-on-windows-10/

System: MSFS2024, ASUS Rog Stryx Z790-A,  Intel i9-14900KF,  Asus ROG Ryujin III 360 , Asus Hyperion Case,Rog Stryx 4090 OC, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD,64Gb G Skill Memory, Asus Aura 1200W Gold PSU,Win 11 ,LG C4 48" 4K OLED Screen., Airbus TCA Full Kit, Stream Deck XL. WinWing FCU, EFIS, MCDU

 

Thanks for that heads-up, Julian. Fortunately I had it removed a long while back after an IT mag you may be familiar with Computer Active, published a feature how to trim W10 of its bloatware.

Rick Almeida

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Cheers Rick. Yes, I should have read that mag. That Skypehost.exe is really nasty bit of bloatware, and homegroup is just as bad.

System: MSFS2024, ASUS Rog Stryx Z790-A,  Intel i9-14900KF,  Asus ROG Ryujin III 360 , Asus Hyperion Case,Rog Stryx 4090 OC, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD,64Gb G Skill Memory, Asus Aura 1200W Gold PSU,Win 11 ,LG C4 48" 4K OLED Screen., Airbus TCA Full Kit, Stream Deck XL. WinWing FCU, EFIS, MCDU

 

Hi Julian. Look for a utility called Windows 10 Wizard(via CA). It will help you control what Win10 sends back and other features too.

Rick Almeida

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Hi Julian. Look for a utility called Windows 10 Wizard(via CA). It will help you control what Win10 sends back and other features too.

Will do. Thanks my friend.

Hi Julian. Look for a utility called Windows 10 Wizard(via CA). It will help you control what Win10 sends back and other features too.

Got it http://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/12/win10-wizard-is-a-windows-10-upgrade-assistant/

System: MSFS2024, ASUS Rog Stryx Z790-A,  Intel i9-14900KF,  Asus ROG Ryujin III 360 , Asus Hyperion Case,Rog Stryx 4090 OC, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD,64Gb G Skill Memory, Asus Aura 1200W Gold PSU,Win 11 ,LG C4 48" 4K OLED Screen., Airbus TCA Full Kit, Stream Deck XL. WinWing FCU, EFIS, MCDU

 

Well Done, Julian. That's it. Now wish I had put a bet at the very outset on Wales getting to the Euro2016 S/Fs

Rick Almeida

Nice!

Pete Richards

I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988.

Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom  DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.

 

 

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