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    [svchost] Watching a video → DComLaunch triggers high CPU usage

    Hello, Occasionally, when watching a video* through Google Chrome, I notice CPU usage goes way up. Resource Monitor shows it's due to a svchost process in charge of "DComLaunch, PlugPlay, Power". For one, Sysinternals' psservice.exe says that the PlugPlay service is...
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    Hyper-V not running

    I have been using Hyper-V on a W-10 Pro 64b for four years, with two virtualized OS: a] Windows XP-SP3 b] Windows 10 Pro satisfactorily for testing, in a Lenovo laptop P70 (Xeon 2.8, 64GB RAM) with Windows 10 Pro. Just updated the OS a week ago to v:20H2 built 19042.685. Today the two virtual OS...
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    Service uninstall from server 2012 r2

    I had to install a service after uninstalling the previous version. This requires to first uninstall the current service. By mistake i ran: sc del "service_name" command in cmd instead of uninstalling from control panel. Now I can't repair or remove it . It throws error "the installer was...
  4. Windows 10 suspicious background service?

    Hello everyone! While adjusting startup services in msconfig I came across some odd entries in my services tab (screenshot below). The title "bba0e" seems quite unusual. The search engine did not provide any results, so I became suspicious. I can not deactivate any of those, the checkmarks just...
  5. Windows 10 Windows 10 Services with Abnormal Names? CaptureService_45415, xxx_45415, etc

    Hi, After updating with the May 2020 update (Windows 10 Professional version 2004), I noticed some services with strange names ending with 4 numbers as shown in the picture attached. It was previously named with another number, but I tried disabling it via Registry, and after restart the...
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    Windows 10 Hyper-V Enhanced Session Mode options not possible to invoke

    Hi! Few days ago I tried to use Hyper-V instead of VMware and many things I'm learning yet. After first virtual machine start I could see dialog enhanced session mode settings with resolution and others - at that moment I didn't knew that it is important and I checked for use it always. Later...
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    OS Windows Server 2008 does not run some programs

    Forum, Good day, I had an issue today, I still have one web server that runs WS 2008 64 bits, but I was doing some code corrections for the app and then the general electric energy supply failed and the server turned off and then turned on (alone) the power outage lasted 5 seconds, but when...
  8. Windows 10 fix Windows 10 Update problems

    Via GUI (Graphical User Interface) Note: Make sure you are using an Administrator account!!! 1) Press Windows Logo key ( ) and R key at the same time 2) type services.msc in the run dialog window 3) locate Windows Update, right-click on it and select Stop 4) locate Windows Installer...
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    Windows 10 Whats autostarting 3x services and how to stop it? UsoSvc, wuauserv and WaaSMedicSvc

    I have Windows 10 Home because they didn't feel like my Ultimate Vista license which got me to 8 was good enough one more time lol. Anywho, I run a dual boot system and have some server and camera stuff that run on this machine so windows auto update regularly explodes my system and causes a...
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    Windows 10 Can't stop Win 10 Upgrading!

    The April 2018 upgrade of Win10 stopped SolidWorks from wotking but fortunately i had cloned the HD and managed to recover SW. I was running Win 10 Home but have just upgraded to Win 10 Pro and stopped the upgrades through Group Policies but without success. I have also tried numerous other...
  11. Windows 10 Can't access one computer on network

    Up until a couple weeks ago we've been able to network the computers in our house just fine. Lately I can get into his files but he can't get into mine. It always gives the " You don't have permission to access\\said computer" message. It seems like this all started when I had to reinstall...
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    Windows 10 Pros and cons of Windows updates

    I have adopted a fairly old IT philosophy of 'If its not broken, don't fix it' when it comes to Windows 10. After all, the only 'valuable' stuff on your computer are documents and emails which you spent time on - if these are 'lost' there is a cost to recover this data. So - for the past...
  13. Windows 8 Windows Store and VWAHost.exe running at startup background, how do I disable it?!

    I have Windows 8.1 Pro installed upgraded recently from Windows 7. Unfortunately I have a problem with the Store app constantly running at startup and it does not go away unless I manually Terminate it from the Task Manager. It seems to be ingrained with my Microsoft Account. Because even...
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    Windows 7 Really (!) disable WISPTIS.EXE service (or program?)?

    I disabled the "Tablet PC Input Service" in Services management console for a Desktop 64bit Win 7. I guess this is the underlying service for WISPTIS.EXE Now when I start some other tools like "Toad for MySQL" then this program is started automatically anyway. It is running as...
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    Windows 7 High ram usage/no windows update

    I am having very high ram usage and unable to download any windows updates. I checked the processes and svchost.EXE is running at over 1,400,000k when I check the services running under it they are: ProfSvc MMCSS LanmanServer iphlpsvc gpsvc Bits AeLookupSvc This has been going on for a very...
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    Windows 10 windows search and high cpu

    hi, windows search has 2 tasks that eats 40% of my cpu. can i put this service in non automatic mode, or completely disable it without any bad effect? Or should i wait? i have win 10 64bit. maybe some blocking with other software? thanks
  17. Update Rollup 8 for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager

    This update contains the new HTML Self Service Portal for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager Link Removed
  18. Windows 7 Windows Installer Service Fails to Start Error 193:0xc1

    Recently whenever I try to uninstall/install anything on my computer it says "The windows installer service could not be accessed this can occur if the windows installer is not correctly installed". I looked up how to sole this and a few things said to run services.msc and start it there. When I...
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    Windows 8 Make Critical Windows Services dependent on our service

    Hi, For a technical and security reason, I need to make one or more critical Windows services (basically in Windows 8.1) dependent on my service so that whenever my service fails to start, the other failed services put the OS in a non-recoverable and unusable state. Simply, my failed service...
  20. Windows 8 I have internet connection but can't use my browsers (mozilla, chrome & explorer)

    Please help, I have the same problem over and over again. I have an internet connection (I can watch tv with a windows 8 app) but when I open chrome, I can't surf to any site (same with Mozilla Firefox). My friend told me to go to system configuration > services and switch everything off. Then...