Windows 10: Billions upon billions of OpenWith.exe processes...

OK, not really billions, but probably like 100+ "OpenWith.exe" processes keep popping up over time.

This has been happening since I built my new machine. I don't recall this happening with my previous build and I am at a loss as to why this is happening at all. I've scanned for viruii, I've checked my task scheduler to ensure nothing is running that would cause this, and I've even written a utility that notifies me when OpenWith.exe is launched and shows me all the applications that have opened on the system since the last OpenWith.exe was launched. I'm stumped as to what is trying to open an unregistered file, or which file is even being opened.

A reboot clears these out, but not logging out which indicates that it's a service that's popping these things up.

My little utility has traced it back to svchost.exe, so it's possible there's a sub service process that's trying to open a file. But which one is a mystery. And SysInternals Process Explorer has been no more help than my little utility.

I've seen lots of complaints about this online, but no real workarounds/solutions have worked for me.

Has anyone had this issue and solved it? If so, how did you go about it? I'd really like to track this little bastard down and kill it with molten death.

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Intel Reports Fourth-Quarter Revenue of $13.8 Billion

Intel Corporation today reported full-year revenue of $52.7 billion, operating income of $12.3 billion, net income of $9.6 billion and EPS of $1.89. The company generated approximately $20.9 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $4.5 billion, and used $2.1 billion to repurchase 94 million shares of stock.

For the fourth quarter, Intel posted revenue of $13.8 billion, operating income of $3.5 billion, net income of $2.6 billion, and EPS of 51 cents. The company generated approximately $6.2 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $1.1 billion, and used $528 million to repurchase 22 million shares of stock.







"We had a solid fourth quarter with signs of stabilization in the PC segment and financial growth from a year ago," said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich. "We've built a strong foundation for our business by bringing innovation to the market more quickly across a wide range of computing platforms. For example, at CES, we demonstrated multiple devices that weren't on our roadmap six months ago."

Full-Year 2013 Key Financial Information and Business Unit Trends

• PC Client Group revenue of $33.0 billion, down 4 percent from 2012.
• Data Center Group revenue of $11.2 billion, up 7 percent from 2012.
• Other Intel architecture operating segments revenue of $4.1 billion, down 7 percent from 2012.

Q4 Key Financial Information and Business Unit Trends

• PC Client Group revenue of $8.6 billion, up 2 percent sequentially and flat year-over-year.
• Data Center Group revenue of $3.0 billion, up 3 percent sequentially and up 8 percent year-over-year.
• Other Intel architecture operating segments revenue of $1.1 billion, up 4 percent sequentially and up 9 percent year-over-year.
• Gross margin of 62.0 percent, 1 percentage point above the midpoint of the company's prior expectation of 61 percent.
• R&D plus MG&A spending of $4.8 billion, slightly above the company's prior expectation of approximately $4.7 billion.
• Tax rate of 26 percent versus the company's prior expectation of 25 percent.

Business Outlook
Intel's Business Outlook does not include the potential impact of any business combinations, asset acquisitions, divestitures or other investments that may be completed after January 16.

Full-Year 2014

• Revenue: approximately flat.
• Gross margin percentage: 60 percent, plus or minus a few percentage points.
• R&D plus MG&A spending: approximately $18.6 billion.
• Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles: approximately $300 million.
• Depreciation: approximately $7.4 billion.
• Tax rate: approximately 27 percent.
• Full-year capital spending: $11.0 billion, plus or minus $500 million.

Q1 2014

• Revenue: $12.8 billion, plus or minus $500 million.
• Gross margin percentage: 59 percent, plus or minus a couple of percentage points.
• R&D plus MG&A spending: approximately $4.8 billion.
• Restructuring and asset impairment charges: approximately $200 million.
• Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles: approximately $70 million.
• Impact of equity investments and interest and other: approximately $25 million.
• Depreciation: approximately $1.7 billion.

 

Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2 billion


Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
Microsoft is buying social-network vendor LinkedIn for $26.2 billion.

Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microso...-26-2-billion/

 

Intel Reports Q2 Revenue of $12.8 Billion, Net Income of $2.0 Billion

Intel Corporation today reported second-quarter revenue of $12.8 billion, operating income of $2.7 billion, net income of $2.0 billion and EPS of $0.39. The company generated approximately $4.7 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $1.1 billion, and used $550 million to repurchase 23 million shares of stock.

"In the second quarter, we delivered on our quarterly outlook and made several key product announcements," said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich. "In my first two months as CEO, I have listened to a wide variety of views about Intel and our industry from customers, employees and my leadership team and I am more confident than ever about our opportunity as a company."







"Looking ahead, the market will continue buying a wide range of computing products," he added. "Intel Atom and Core processors and increased SOC integration will be Intel's future. We will leave no computing opportunity untapped. To embrace these opportunities, I've made it Intel's highest priority to create the best products for the fast growing ultra-mobile market segment."

Q2 Key Financial Information and Business Unit Trends

• PC Client Group revenue of $8.1 billion, up 1.4 percent sequentially and down 7.5 percent year-over-year.
• Data Center Group revenue of $2.7 billion, up 6.1 percent sequentially and flat year-over-year.
• Other Intel Architecture Group revenue of $942 million, down 3.7 percent sequentially and down 15.0 percent year-over-year.
• Gross margin of 58 percent, up 2 percentage points sequentially and down 5 percentage points year-over-year.
• R&D plus MG&A spending of $4.7 billion, in line with the company's expectation of approximately $4.7 billion.
• Tax rate of 26 percent.

Business Outlook
Intel's Business Outlook does not include the potential impact of any business combinations, asset acquisitions, divestitures or other investments that may be completed after July 17.

Q3 2013

• Revenue: $13.5 billion, plus or minus $500 million.
• Gross margin percentage: 61 percent, plus or minus a couple of percentage points.
• R&D plus MG&A spending: approximately $4.8 billion.
• Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles: approximately $70 million.
• Impact of equity investments and interest and other: approximately $400 million net gain.
• Depreciation: approximately $1.7 billion.

Full-Year 2013

• Revenue: Approximately flat year-on-year, down from prior expectations of low single digit percentage increase.
• Gross margin percentage: 59 percent, plus or minus a couple percentage points, down from prior expectations of 60 percent, plus or minus a few of percentage points.
• R&D plus MG&A spending: $18.7 billion, plus or minus $200 million, down $200 million from prior expectations.
• Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles: approximately $300 million, unchanged from prior expectations.
• Depreciation: $6.8 billion, plus or minus $100 million, unchanged from prior expectations.
• Tax Rate: approximately 26 percent for each of the remaining quarters of the year.
• Full-year capital spending: $11.0 billion, plus or minus $500 million, down $1.0 billion from prior expectations.