When CPU usage is very high, PC processes may slow down to an unbearable, glacial pace. CPU usage is the time that a computer’s central processing unit is occupied performing a task, usually calculated as a percentage of the computer’s total CPU processing capacity. Soluto can help you tackle the two most common culprits behind central processor overload: (1) a virus, spyware, or harmful software, and (2) too many programs running in the background.
How Virus, Spyware, and Malicious Software Consume CPU Capacity
Although there are perfectly safe programs and processes that have high CPU usage, viruses and mischievous software can create extra processes and result in excessive CPU usage. That’s why we’ve designed Soluto to make it easy to ensure your PC is protected with a firewall, antivirus software, and the latest Windows updates.
Non-Essential Background Applications Using CPU
Your PC needs to have some programs running in the background when it’s in use, but often unnecessary programs are also running and using up CPU resources. Opening the Windows Task Manager is one way to view the programs running in Windows and their respective CPU usage. You can click “End Process” to end processes that use large chunks of CPU resources.
- Be selective when you end processes.
There are two important caveats when you end processes on your PC. First, before ending anything, be sure you know what it is. For example, the System Idle Process is supposed to have a high CPU usage percentage when the CPU capacity is not loaded with other tasks. Svchost (Service Host) is another program that you might be tempted to end, but ending Svchost can cause other programs to suddenly stop working. Second, this is only a temporary fix. Since certain programs start running at boot up, they’ll run each time you start up Windows. Soluto can help you better address this problem.
- Stop unnecessary background applications
The Background Apps section of the Soluto dashboard shows you exactly which programs run during startup. Soluto has gained a unique understanding of all of these background applications using crowd-sourced data from all of our users. This allows us to provide useful descriptions, as well as recommendations for what to do with each program based on the experience of millions of users. We can tell you whether something is Safe to Remove from Boot, Potentially Removable, or Required and therefore can’t be removed.
Not only that, Soluto also shows you what actions other users took for each program to help you make well-informed decisions for your PC. Then with one click you can either Remove an application from boot, so that it does not run during Windows startup, or Delay the application so that Soluto automatically launches it a few minutes after boot up is complete.
By remove background applications from boot you prevent them from automatically running in the background and using CPU resources unnecessarily.
Whether it’s a virus or extraneous programs that are overloading your CPU resources, it’s simple to use Soluto to lower CPU usage and regain the processing power you deserve. So download Soluto today. It’s easy, effective, and free for up to 5 PCs.