Windows 10: taskbar icons flickering after running a game and high cpu usage with nothing running in...

Back from 3 months ago, I reinstalled windows 10, a week after that, my taskbar icons wifi, audio, battery, ...etc sometimes flickering, especially when I run some games Valorant, GI,..., they're really laggy. When I check what's running on my laptop at the moment by task manager, The CPU usage is always 100% but there's nothing running except my game which uses only 30-40% CPU usage, I tried updating my display drivers from the manufactured and reinstalling windows but most of the times, they appear after around 1 week later. From 2 weeks ago, they even appear whenever I reinstalled windo

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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.

 

High CPU usage when running OneDrive

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

We understand your concern as you are facing high CPU usage due to OneDrive app on the PC. Let us
know the Windows version and Build installed. (Type
winver in Windows search/Run command)

Normally, OneDrive will not take so much CPU usage during file sync. In this situation we will check the CPU usage after disabling the telemetry on the PC.

Steps to disable telemetry.

1. Press Windows + R to open run command and type
   regedit, then click Ok.
   
2. Navigate to this location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection
   
3. Create a new DWORD value and name it
   AllowTelemetry. Set its value to 0.
   
4. Click on Windows search and type
   File Explorer.
   
5. Right-click File Explorer and select
   Manage to go to Computer Management
   
6. On the Computer Management window, go to Services and
   Applications>Services
   
7. Look for the following two services. Double click a service and from the ‘Startup type’ dropdown, select the ‘Disabled’ option.
   
   • Connected User Experiences and Telemetry
     
   • dmwappushsvc
     
8. Restart the PC and check.
   

Note: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly.
Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

Follow the steps to take backup of
registry.


If the issue persists, then we do have dedicated support team for OneDrive and you can get in touch with them for further assistance. Follow the below steps to contact the OneDrive support team.

Sign in to OneDrive.com from any browser or Open OneDrive App, click the ‘?’ help icon on the top banner of the page and select
Email OneDrive support. Submit your question and follow the prompts to request support.

Regards,

Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Windows Explorer high CPU Usage in Windows 10

Hi Andrew,

Usually, too many background processes can boost your CPU usage. Since you already disabled the apps that are not necessary on startup,
we suggest checking the applications running once you have successfully boot Windows 10. To do this, simply follow the steps below:

• Click on the Start button and type Task Manager on the search box.
• On the Task Manager window, you should see the programs running.
• Click on the More details drop-down button to see the total number of apps running and their real-time CPU usage.

From there, you should see what applications are running on high CPU usage. You can also
restart the Windows Management Instrumentation service and see if your CPU performance will improve. Follow the instructions below to restart the service:

• Click on the Start button and type Services.
• Scroll down the list and look for Windows Management Instrumentation.
• Right click on it and select Restart.

Should you have further questions, please let us know.