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The original poster reports high CPU usage from the Software Protection service (sppsvc.exe) on their Windows system, especially when opening Office programs or browsers, and temporarily disables it by changing permissions on the executable. Later, they find a solution by disabling the service via the Windows Registry by setting the "Start" value of sppsvc to 4, which stops the service and reduces CPU usage. The overall sentiment is troubleshooting-focused, sharing the problem and their effective fix.
ArcherNSX

ArcherNSX

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Hi folks there's a service called Software protection it eats my CPU it take about 30% of my CPU when it works , and it works when I startup any Office program it may also when I startup my Internet Browser

The only solution to solve my problem is to take it .exe from C;|windows\system32\sppv.exe

I take file ownership and I remove RWX permissions from everyone to disable it to save my CPU

Is there's any other solution from you Windows expats ?

I hope so



Many thanks to you for your help in Advance .
 

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ArcherNSX
I found the solution so gonna leave the thread as it it problem was with SPPVC.EXE

here How to solve it
open regedit

go to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sppsvc

Modify "Start" from "whatever number is here" to 4

This will disable the service after you restart.

No more CPU wastage
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ArcherNSX

ArcherNSX

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Thread Author #2
I found the solution so gonna leave the thread as it it problem was with SPPVC.EXE

here How to solve it
open regedit

go to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\sppsvc

Modify "Start" from "whatever number is here" to 4

This will disable the service after you restart.

No more CPU wastage
 

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