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High CPU usage because of wsappx, is there a solution?
Suddenly, my laptop fan started making noise, because of high CPU usage by the wsappx service and Task Manager indicated "Very high energy consumption". A quick search on the Internet discovered that...
No change. I need to flip a "home made" flag in Register Editor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eJcQx4WGWI) and restart the PC, then wsappx CPU usage goes down. But the next day it is back on "very high energy consumption". Extremely annoying. 😞
Hi, outside the hours of active use -> do you leave the computer overnight in a sleep, connected to the power supply?
- "No"
Does this mean that after finishing work you close the system and turn off the power?- Yes.
- Just to test, try performing a Clean Boot and see if the problem persists?
Have a look at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd- I have Windows 11, this instruction is for previous versions.
- This instruction also worked in the Windows 11.
You may open start and search for msconfig and do the same steps.
