How Fix High CPU Usage 100% on Windows 10 (steps that work)

Often times users experience see 100 percent or high CPU usage in the Task Manager. This is somewhat similar to the high disk usage problem. Fortunately, fix this performance problem is really easy this will help you to speed up your computer.

An important to keep in mind is that high CPU usage is not always a bad thing. The reason is because CPU usage is often higher during the startup process. If a program that uses a lot of resources is running, it may also causes the overall processor usage to be higher than normal.

For example, if you are watching 8k video or rendering complex projects in Adobe Premiere, you may see these programs greatly increase the CPU usage from the Task Manager. Sometimes it may even reach 100 percent -- and that's not always a bad thing.

But, if you notice that your computer is ALWAYS slow and the CPU usage is ALWAYS high, then you should be concerned.

This video shows you three simple, practical ways to fix this problem on Windows 10.

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[radiantgamer]

Yo dont listen to this guy. He recommends getting a whole ass new computer over not having enough ram or an HDD (hard drive) over an SSD (Solid State Drive). RAM upgrades are one of the easiest upgrades out there. There is also nothing wrong with hard drives. SSDs are much better but there is no need for a new PC because you don’t have an SSD

[astseesit]

Factory reset? Seriously? You must not have experience as a tech guy. Why would anyone factory reset for this? Wipe out ALL data and apps used and spend hours upon hours updating and reinstalling security and apps and on and on. But first the hours it takes to transfer all data from the PC to a storage space first. Come on! Factory reset is the absolute final option, not the first as you seem to imply here. No there are so many other steps to go through before this. This was not a helpful post.

[callingtrain]

I have this issue where after I did a factory reset my laptop became a lot slower than usual, even startup.

[starfish]

Great advice. Buy new CPU or whole PC or scan your PC with antivirus. Asshole helps me more.

[wheresmyskin]

That's your solution. Factory reset my PC. Awesome.. and then check if it made a difference. Do you work for Apple by any chance? "Let's replace the motherboard, lose all your data and see if it fixes your problem" ;)

[DxvilSnipes]

Just clone HDD to SDD for cheaper stop giving bad advice.

[lrdcroissant]

hmmm I don't get it, I just upgraded my GPU and it's a new system;
3950x 6800xt pulse 32gbs ram
2 SSD 1HDD
3 monitors - 2 27in 165hz DP connection, 1 49in untlra wide 144hz DP connection

[melchoradrianlibarnes]

I have this issue. Whenever the CPU usage turns into 100% it's suddenly restart. Especially if i open more than one software at the same time . Please help any idea what causing the problem ?

[ظواهرغريبة-كه]

The protection system is not working And when I want to install a virus protection system, a message appears that this process does not work, there are restrictions

[nidojr]

have to set the speed to 1.75 speed for the video to be bearable. talk faster

[darkest-hero]

are/were you techdictive? I remember watching your vids man!

[padmavathipanabaka]

Brother, My laptop had earlier 4gb of ram and 1tb of HDD Hard drive..then i upgraded into 8gb ram and 512gb SSD but my problem didn't resolve...i not open anything but it gone to 90%to 100%..Hope you understand my problem

[gertmaree]

i have a ssd and 16 gb ram i reinstalled windows 10 and it keeps usin 100 disk or cpu or memory i forgot which settings and services to turn off and cant find the video from 2-3 years ago and alot of people started spammng the same video of superfetch and windows search and there was like 5 or 6 more to disable and i cant find the feikn thing

[Mr.Ditkovich.]

I get 100 cpu when I am running full scan on Norton Anti-Virus. It wasn't like that before!

[trashcan]

This video was kind of a clickbait, it didnt work at all and steps were really dumb, I mean if I wanted to buy a pc because it's too old I wouldn't search for videos to help me solve high cpu usage problem, but really factory reset ? It's not like an old TV problem which is going to get fixed after turning it off and on again, I'm going to report this video

[bkcs]

I got a brand new i7 11th gen and its 100% usage

[Thibe_M]

If this video didn't work for you (neither did it for me) then go to this video my cpu usage whent from 100% to 2%

[potaterjim]

"So right click the start button" "Okay"
"And open powershell admin" "Okay"
"And then factory reset your entire computer"

Is this why the dislikes are gone?

[godocruz]

i used to have an fx 8370e with 2x4GB RAM.. all 8 storages are HDDs. i've never encountered that 100% CPU usage.

even til the day it would no longer POST back in november last year.

[calebterangi]

Does it matter if my C drive is a SSD and D drive is an HDD?