High CPU use by taskhost.exe when Windows 8.1 user name contains “user”

Re:High CPU use by taskhost.exe when Windows 8.1 user name c... by pmiller2 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @12:19AM (#11711327)

Yeah, seriously. I love how their workaround is "don't do that," too.

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Re:High CPU use by taskhost.exe when Windows 8.1 user name c... by kazinator on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @01:06AM (#11711457)

It's actually, "do not ... have done that".

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Re:High CPU use by taskhost.exe when Windows 8.1 user name c... by schwarrrtz on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @01:29AM (#11711512)

Go back in time and subtly influence your past behaviour to avoid having created an account where the username contains the word 'user'. Alternatively, upgrade to Windows 12.

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Re:High CPU use by taskhost.exe when Windows 8.1 user name c... by PawelDecowski on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:05AM (#11712358)

Seriously. How should I have known not to name my Windows account trousersnake?

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Re:High CPU use by taskhost.exe when Windows 8.1 user name c... by agumonkey on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @09:22AM (#11713373)

aka the doctor's cure.

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Re:High CPU use by taskhost.exe when Windows 8.1 user name c... by xufi on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @01:12AM (#11711471)

Very idiot proof indeed

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