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

[Winfried]

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 "NOT_STOPPABLE,NOT_PAUSABLE,ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN".

Closing the video and all instances of Chrome does solve the problem, but is there a better solution?

Thank you.

* Youtube only? Not sure

 

[Neemobeer]

I would start by running SFC /SCANNOW from an elevated command prompt. If any problems are detected reboot and repeat.

 

[Winfried]

Thanks for the tip.

Even after rebooting, it's still unable to repair the following files: difxapi.dll, winhlp32.exe.mui, and winhlp32.exe.

It's not a major issue, so I'll just live with it until I migrate to a new host.

 

[Neemobeer]

You may need to run the command several times. winhlp* should be non-issues. Those are part of the help system.

 

[Winfried]

I'll do i when I have the patience to reboot and wait several times.