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Discussions tagged with 'high utilisation' on WindowsForum.com focus on scenarios where system resources, particularly disk and CPU, are heavily used, often causing slowdowns. A common example involves the MsMpEng process (Windows Defender) causing 100% disk utilisation after the Windows 10 Anniversary update, leading to sluggish boot and performance. Users troubleshoot by examining Task Manager and Resource Monitor to identify the culprit. The tag covers performance issues related to Windows processes, updates, and resource management, with an emphasis on identifying and resolving high utilisation problems.
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    Windows 10 MsMpEng running all my apps at once on boot

    Since installing the Windows 10 Anniversary update, booting has been slow and the PC is sluggish for a while. As soon as I could get Task Manager open I saw C: had 100% utilisation. I ran Resource Monitor and saw that MsMpEng apparently had a long list of my installed programs running at the...
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    • 100 percent anniversary app management boot cpu usage diagnostics high utilisation msmpeng performance program usage resource monitor slow boot slow pc software conflict system performance system resources task manager troubleshooting update issues windows 10
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support