Solve : CPU usage way too high?

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Answer» I have an EL1850-01e computer, with Celeron 450 processor, 4GB RAM, 64 GB SSD, and Raedon X600 video card. I just did a fresh install of W7 Home Premium 64 bit. When I check CPU usage with the Task Manager, it seems to be unreasonably high. There's almost no programs installed yet that would take up a lot of processing power, nor time since the install for viruses and malware to take over. As a benchmark, when I play a video with Windows Media Player, I get an average 70 percent LOAD showing on Task Manager. Any ideas what could be causing this? What do you expect to be normal? What kind of video? You Tube? If so, this might APPLY: High CPU with You Tube (Tom's Hardware.) Quote It's chrome.exe that is eating all the CPU when watching a video otherwice it's fine and doesnt use much. I also tried disabling all my addons, but there was no difference, Please provide details.The Celeron 450 is a very low end, single core CPU so that is the sort of utilisation I would expect when running a video.I have a Dell Laptop with a Celeron single-core 1.6Ghz and what you describe sounds exactly like normal operation with Windows 7. Single tasks load down the CPU heavily and multitasking only makes it WORSE. I have since stopped using this laptop because its too painful. I bring it with me for children to use to PROGRAM Lego robotics which is all its good for anymore and if a child breaks it no LOSS. I got the laptop for free and its healthy, but way to slow and thats why it was given away. Did you get this computer given away to you free or really cheap used?Bought it at an auction five years ago, and it cost a fair amount back then. I retired it after awhile, and have been using progressively better computers since. It may simply be I've become so used to fast as normal, when I go back to working with an older PC, it just seems really slow by comparison.

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I have an EL1850-01e computer, with Celeron 450 processor, 4GB RAM, 64 GB SSD, and Raedon X600 video card. I just did a fresh install of W7 Home Premium 64 bit. When I check CPU usage with the Task Manager, it seems to be unreasonably high. There's almost no programs installed yet that would take up a lot of processing power, nor time since the install for viruses and malware to take over. As a benchmark, when I play a video with Windows Media Player, I get an average 70 percent LOAD showing on Task Manager. Any ideas what could be causing this? What do you expect to be normal?
What kind of video? You Tube?
If so, this might APPLY:
High CPU with You Tube (Tom's Hardware.)
Quote

It's chrome.exe that is eating all the CPU when watching a video otherwice it's fine and doesnt use much. I also tried disabling all my addons, but there was no difference,

Please provide details.The Celeron 450 is a very low end, single core CPU so that is the sort of utilisation I would expect when running a video.I have a Dell Laptop with a Celeron single-core 1.6Ghz and what you describe sounds exactly like normal operation with Windows 7. Single tasks load down the CPU heavily and multitasking only makes it WORSE. I have since stopped using this laptop because its too painful. I bring it with me for children to use to PROGRAM Lego robotics which is all its good for anymore and if a child breaks it no LOSS. I got the laptop for free and its healthy, but way to slow and thats why it was given away. Did you get this computer given away to you free or really cheap used?Bought it at an auction five years ago, and it cost a fair amount back then. I retired it after awhile, and have been using progressively better computers since. It may simply be I've become so used to fast as normal, when I go back to working with an older PC, it just seems really slow by comparison.

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