#Why is skype using so much cpu install
#Why is skype using so much cpu pro

*Pfsense router*В - Pentium G3220, Asrock H97m Pro A4, 4GB DDR3ДЄre you sure it's not a virus? What Antivirus do you use?ДЄlso, I've noticed this happen when installing some apps that come bundled with PUPs( Potentially Unwanted Programs) like uTorrent, it will literally screw up my system, that's why I stopped using uTorrent. *Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400,В Asus H110 HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)Д¬ompaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 ProВ (Windows XP x86 Pro)Д¬ompaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GBВ Quantum HDD, '8GB' HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)ДЄsus M32ADВ - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5' HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)Дell Dimension XPS B800В - Pentium 3 800Mhz, RDRAM

*SLI Rig*В - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216В in SLI - В (Windows 7 Pro) Server: Dell Precision T7500 - Dual Xeon X5660's, 44GB ECC DDR3, Dell Nvidia GTX 645В (Windows Server 2019 Standard) Laptop: Dell InspiGaming (I think the model is 15577)ДЎ6GB of RAM (one is an aftermarket module, don't remember the brand atm). Figured I'd ask around here, for opinions and ideas in case a reinstall doesn't fix it. I have not done so before (still running OEM image, and I cloned it to the Samsung 960 EVO I added in), so this could be the fix.

#Why is skype using so much cpu install

I will likely try a clean, fresh Windows install tonight when I get home. This bothers me because it slows down my laptop when I'm trying to work or game on it, and it means that it always idles high and never actually cools down all the way (45C idle on the CPU is high, even for a laptop same with 30% CPU usage at 'idle'). The System process taking this much CPU effectively means that my laptop can never actually 'idle' because it's always doing something, but I have no idea wtf the System is trying to do. I've tried updating every possible driver, sfc /scannow, disabling Superfetch, making Windows clear the page file at shutdown, hunted through Process Explorer and Event viewer looking for trouble processes, and disabling some audio devices in Device Manager. So my laptop has been plagued with an issue where the System process (as listed in Task Manager) uses approx 10-20% of the CPU for no real reason.