Rainmeter causing "system" process to tax cpu

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. run rainmeter 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect some ram usage and minimal cpu tax from rainmeter.  Instead it
causes the cpu to spike when running, no matter how long for.  This is
unusual because I have a fairly decent system.  It occurs regardless of the
configs used and does not appear to be tied to my virus scanner.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ibmclachlan@gmail.com on 22 Jul 2009 at 10:27

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Which version of the Rainmeter are you using, your OS, and any Skin(s)

Original comment by evmckay on 23 Jul 2009 at 3:07

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I was using the last stable version (0.14 I think?) and then tried the most 
recent to
check if the problem went away. OS is windows 7 and I was originally using some 
home
made skins but the CPU usage spikes dramatically when any skin is used.

Original comment by ibmclachlan@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2009 at 3:10

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I have yet to run the latest on Windows 7 give me a few days to look see if I am
getting the same issue

Original comment by evmckay on 24 Jul 2009 at 5:48

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check it soon as possible, i have a same problem

Original comment by siniS...@gmail.com on 15 Aug 2009 at 1:40

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I don't know if this still a problem,but Rainmeter-1.1-r292-64bit-rc1 still 
cause
system process constant use 2-5% cpu.and won't release even i have other 
process on heavy load,eg:boinc.quit Rainmeter it go normal.
I am using win7 64bit.

Original comment by ViVac...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2009 at 9:21

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Any updates on this issues ? Had to stop using rainmeter till this get fixed 
cause my
cpu usage is constantly around 20%~ (15% for system process and 5% for 
rainmeter),
which is a bit too much.

Original comment by coolmi...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2009 at 7:52

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rainmeter causes 100% cpu usage running on xp

Original comment by lordofde...@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2009 at 4:20

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Is this continuous or just during initial Start up of Rainmeter?

Original comment by evmckay on 28 Nov 2009 at 4:22

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at start up of rainmeter

Original comment by lordofde...@gmail.com on 29 Nov 2009 at 5:26

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I have been doing some serious research on this and other issues, in the last 
few
weeks...I will continue testing and finalize some results based on these tests 
in the
next couple (Three) weeks.

So far I have had some very interesting findings, that may be of interest.

Original comment by evmckay on 3 Dec 2009 at 3:32

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problem solved
delete unnecessary skin
create another folder in skins & move half of them to that
close homemade skins & check cpu usage

my cpu usage is just 4% for rainmeters

Original comment by lordofde...@gmail.com on 4 Dec 2009 at 9:32

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Interesting...I never considered this!!!

This is in my current lines of testing.

Will test as well and submit documentation as soon as I can

Thanks so much

Original comment by evmckay on 4 Dec 2009 at 8:45

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I think 4% is still very high. I have a laptop and a more powerful desktop both
running Rainmeter with same skins. Laptop 0% and desktop 4-9% CPU. It's driving 
me
nuts. I can't figure out why my desktop CPU is getting hit and my less powerful
laptop is not. UGH. Btw, same software running on both systems.

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 8 Dec 2009 at 6:05

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Are you using the same antivirus on both systems???
Also is one system wireless while the other system is connected to the router.

Think about these things carefully and document the differences for us...please

Original comment by evmckay on 8 Dec 2009 at 6:37

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Yes I am, I'm using ESET NOD32 on both systems, both with the Rainmeter 
locations
excluded. I've even completely uninstalled NOD32 on the affected machine and it 
made
no difference. Yes, the laptop is always on Wifi, and the desktop (high CPU) is
always connected to a router. 

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2009 at 3:19

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Interesting, when I disable my NIC on my desktop the rainmeter CPU usage goes 
down to
0 - 1%. I wonder why this is? Have you noticed CPU differences when using a LAN 
VS
WLAN? Is there anyway to fix this?

Thanks!

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2009 at 1:25

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Actually I have and it will be part of teh report I submit when I have 
finalized my
testing.

Original comment by evmckay on 9 Dec 2009 at 6:31

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Thanks, but if you have found a temporary workaround to to resolve this issue I 
would
really like to know. I don't want to be replacing NIC cards etc if it's 
completely
unrelated. 

Where will this report be submitted? 

Thanks

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2009 at 8:19

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The issue I found is Network connections that are un-used but active.
It wouls eem that Rainmeter is doing everything it can to fond a reading from a
resource that may not be used, but thinks that it should be.

The report will be filed in teh forums upon completion.

This report will be a list of the Good, the bad, and the Ugly kind of thing.
If I found a solution...I will document it.
If not it will be there to be solved.

I presume that you are using the Hardwire connection with your laptop...If I 
read the
above statement correctly.
What is the update time on the skin?
I presume that if you disable the NIC....No internet???

Original comment by evmckay on 9 Dec 2009 at 8:42

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My laptop is always connected via wifi and I never have rainmeter CPU problems. 
My
desktop is connected to a Version FIOS router via a Ethernet cable and the CPU 
is
always high. However, when I disable my NIC on my desktop, rainmeter only uses 
1-2%
CPU (which I expect).

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2009 at 8:49

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And yes, if I disable the NIC, I wont have internet

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2009 at 8:50

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I haven't touched the refresh rates

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2009 at 8:56

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There is also the fact of network measures are taken...Different tools and 
dll's.
What skin(s) are you using?

Original comment by evmckay on 9 Dec 2009 at 10:04

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I'm running the Enigma Clock, notes, calendar, and Itunes with art. I've tried
different skins and had similar results.

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2009 at 11:16

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Have had the same problem since i installed the latest version, at least i 
think so
(1.1 rev 306). Running windows 7, the older version (0.14) did show a problem 
with
the cpu vut kept shutting down.
Currently rainmeter uses 1-4% cpu and about 35mb of memory, rather a lot. The
solution in comment 12 reduced both the memory and cpu usage by about 5 times.
Using the Tranquil skin with extra hdd's added.
Cheers!

Original comment by tkach...@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2009 at 11:40

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I had the exact same problem.  My resolution was to upgrade my network card 
drivers.  I rebooted (even though it didn't require me to) and my CPU load 
decreased 
to normal levels.  Hope this helps!

Original comment by darren.c...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2009 at 1:31

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Thanks, I'm at the latest broadcom drivers :( Might be time for a new card 
anyway.

Original comment by darrenjc...@gmail.com on 22 Dec 2009 at 5:30

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Original comment by kenz0.sa...@gmail.com on 31 Dec 2009 at 12:54

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I had this problem and found what was causing it. My motherboard has two NICs. 
Only one 
is used but the second is still enabled. If I disabled the NIC that isn't being 
used, 
my cpu usage goes back to normal. Hope this helps.

Original comment by aur...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2010 at 7:59

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hi guyz m jst using rainmeter and my cpu usage is 0 to 5% when no work is done 
on pc.......is rainmeter is harmful for cpu???

Original comment by zohaibja...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2012 at 11:34

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Removing the extra skins from the directory worked. 

Original comment by leogarci...@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2013 at 6:48

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Having the sane kind of trouble; with rainmeter running the CPU spikes at 
around 100% and won't come back down for nothing, except killing rainmeter.
Is this a common problem?
It wasn't an issue for about 9 months and suddenly in the past 3 days it runs 
out of control; I NEED these skins to monitor transfer rates and other things?  
How can it go from about 14% to 100% pegged and stay that way???

Original comment by BadWolf...@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2014 at 8:44

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P.S.  Now Avast is causing the same prob. with Rainmeter not running; my CPU is 
running away on my laptop and I can't seem to derail it!

Original comment by BadWolf...@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2014 at 9:11

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i have the same problem, any ideas?

Original comment by garrus...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2014 at 2:02