Windows 10: since installing recent windows 10 upgrade and edge my CPU running at very high levels

I am now running the most recent windows 10 -2004version, however this has not solved the issue.


After the automatic update to 1909 version, I noticed my pc's CPU was running very high, 90-100% there was nothing else different about the usage or programs installed so couldnt work out why.


I then restored my pc back to the earlier version 1903 to see if that made a difference, but no still have a high running CPU. Everytime I open a program or a web paghe it shoots up to 100% for a few moments then comes down, but never below 45%. I have left my pc running with pages open to see and at random times I have seen a spike in the CPU up to 75% and then it will go back down again not below 45%.


This is getting very frustrating and difficult to run some actions as the PC become sluggish. In an attempt to resolve the issue I have done complete reinstalls of windows, 3 times, but now can only ever go back to the 1909 version. So I tried last night to go ahead with the full update to the most recent version of the 2004, but as I said above still same issues.


I have also ordered up more RAM, as the PC is running with 8gb so I am upping this to 16gb in a hope this would help, but the PC was running fine before, but every bit to help!!


I am at the point at thinking of sacking windows 10 and your edge program and finding a version of windows 8.1 to install, as never had any issue with that and firefox.

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Windows 10 Display Blinking with High CPU

After upgrade to Windows 10, experiencing flashing display and high CPU.

• At initial logon screen everything is normal - wall paper and logon screen display with no blinking
• After logon, fan starts as CPU usage spikes, cursor is accompanied by the spinning blue circle
• touchscreen does not respond to swipe to access Recovery/Safe mode for reboot
• able to get to Task Manager and Perfmon to see high CPU usage and explorer.exe is suspended

looking for suggestions on how to either fix or roll back to Windows 8.1

 

High CPU usage Microsoft Edge on video Streaming

Hi Sibtain,

Let's try to isolate the cause of this issue with the high CPU usage in Edge. We suggest that you clear your browsing data. Clearing your browsing data will help improve the performance of Edge. To clear, kindly follow the steps below:

• Open Edge.
• Click on the three dots icon on the upper-right part of the screen.
• Click Settings.
• Under Clear browsing data, click on Choose what to clear.
• Click on Clear.

You can also visit this link with a similar concern as yours and check the solution
provided by Josette Sal.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

 

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!