Windows 10: High CPU usage by browser chrome or firefox on startup

Discus and support High CPU usage by browser chrome or firefox on startup in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Every time after booting up windows 10, Chrome would start running automatically in the background only, no window opened up. Task manager would show a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Kmr_Adi, Jan 20, 2021.

  1. KMR_ADI
    Kmr_Adi Win User

    High CPU usage by browser chrome or firefox on startup


    Every time after booting up windows 10, Chrome would start running automatically in the background only, no window opened up. Task manager would show a CPU usage of about 70% for Google Chrome and the fans of laptop started running at full speed. I tried disabling Chrome in startup tab in the task manager and all other settings of Chrome recommended online, but nothing worked.

    So I uninstalled Google Chrome, and since the next startup the same issue is occurring with firefox. I can't uninstall firefox because I need it for work.


    I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling chrome, and I do not have any antivirus installed, just the default one that comes with windows.


    Note : This all started after a windows update around 1 or 2 months ago, and ever since then the only work around is to open task manager and manually "end task" the Chrome or firefox service.

    I updated Windows again 2 days ago but it did not fix the issue


    This is the screenshot for firefox.

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    Kmr_Adi, Jan 20, 2021
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  2. JANMCCOY_827
    JanMcCoy_827 Win User

    high cpu usage

    After downloading windows 10, anytime I run any programs, I get high CPU usage. It does not matter whether it is google chrome, task manager, playing games, whatever. Anything seems to spike the CPU usage. I have already run malwarbytes and my antivirus
    programs and find no viruses. Any suggestions? Thanks.
     
    JanMcCoy_827, Jan 20, 2021
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  3. SIKICON.CHIP
    sikicon.chip Win User
    Edge causes High CPU and Memory Usage in System and Compressed Memory

    Hi I have this issue on multiple computers that have easily more than enough resources to run the operating system and more than meet the recommend specs for windows 10.

    Forget what Nyima says as I have tried it all without success.

    Edge browser hangs, is slow, has high cpu usage, high ram usage and lags when opening pages laden with flash objects. It looks like MS need to do some more work on the browser which is a bit of a disappointment as it promised so much.

    I suggest switching to Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox in that order and problem fixed!

    IE, Chrome & Firefox seem to handle flash player much better and do not seem to have the problems that edge does.
     
    sikicon.chip, Jan 20, 2021
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  4. STEVENS79
    Stevens79 Win User

    High CPU usage by browser chrome or firefox on startup

    High CPU and memory usage on Windows 10 with Microsoft Edge.

    Wow, this reply really nailed it. For both Edge and Firefox, I monitored the CPU usage and picked a process with high CPU usage. I killed 1 process per app and the CPU went down to under an average of 10%.

    One connection was Fox News (Firefox), but can't see which one was stopped in Edge.

    Great suggestion!
     
    Stevens79, Jan 20, 2021
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