Windows – Many chrome processes scheduled on windows startup

From taskhost.exe consumes 50-60% of cpu

The taskhost.exe is a Task Host which is a generic Host Process for Windows 7 32-bit Services. The full path to this file should be shown in TUT as C:\Windows\System32\Taskhost.exe.

TASKHOST is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup TASKHOST checks the Services portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it needs to load, and then loads them. There can be many instances of TASKHOST running, as there will be one instance of TASKHOST for every DLL-based service or grouping of services (the grouping of services is determined by the programmers who wrote the services in question).

Since this is an integral part of the operating system, I wouldn’t suggest you to delete it. However, for the high CPU consumption issue, please use Performance Monitor to view performance data either in real time or from a log file.

The new Resource Monitor lets you view detailed real-time information about hardware resources (CPU, disk, network, and memory) and system resources (including handles and modules) in use by the operating system, services, and running applications. In addition, you can use Resource Monitor to stop processes, start and stop services, analyze process deadlocks, view thread wait chains, and identify processes locking files.

A closer look:
View CPU utilization and other performance information
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/View-CPU-utilization-and-other-performance-information
See details about your computer's performance using Task Manager
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/See-details-about-your-computers-performance-using-Task-Manager

Last but not the least, perform virus scan to remove any trace of infection on your computer. If your antivirus database is not updated, please update the same and then run the scan. If you don't have antivirus installed, you may opt to download Microsoft Security Essentials on your computer and run it.

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

From Windows 8 high disk usage caused by Tiworker.exe

TiWorker.exe is Windows Modules Installer Worker. It is related to Windows Updates.

Method 1: I would suggest you to run system and maintenance trobulshooter and see if that helps.

a) Press Windows key + W key on your desktop.
b) Write Troubleshooting in the search box on the upper right hand corner.
c) Select the Troubleshooting option obtained after the search.
d) Click on View All option present on the top left corner.
e) Select the System Maintenance.
f) Click on Next to perform the System Maintenance troubleshooter and follow the steps.

Method 2: To resolve the issue with TiWorker.exe, check for updates in Windows Updates and install them.

a. Click on the Windows + X keys and select Control Panel.
b. Click on Windows Updates, in Large Icons View.
c. In the left panel, click on Check for updates.

Method 3: Perform a Clean Boot (KB929135) to see if there is any software conflict as clean boot helps to eliminate software conflicts.

Note: Follow How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot from article KB929135 to reset the computer to normal mode.

For reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/improve-pc-performance http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/improve-performance-optimizing-hard-drive

Note: This tool deletes unnecessary or temporary files on your hard drive so you can increase the amount of free storage space.

This issue is often caused by Chrome Software tool

It is present in

%localappdata%\google\chrome\User Data\SwReporter\81.234.200\software_reporter_tool.exe

The version number 81.234.200 after the SwReporter folder can be different for different versions of Chrome

But if you delete that file the solution is temporary because it will automatically updated when a new version of Chrome is installed so the best solution is to permanently disable it

How to Disable Permanently:

1.Open Regedit

2.Go to the following key Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies

3.Under Policies, go to Google\Chrome.If folder not there you need to make it

4.Create the following DWORD (32-bit) value:ChromeCleanupEnabled Enter 0 for disabling the tool

5.Create another DWORD (32-bit) value with the following name: ChromeCleanupReportingEnabled Enter 0 for disabing the software updater

Or you can paste this content to new registry .reg file and run it

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome]
"ChromeCleanupEnabled"=dword:00000000
"ChromeCleanupReportingEnabled"=dword:00000000

Also always

Use chrome latest version and refrain opening too much tabs or use Great suspender extension to suspend tabs

Dont install too much extensions if you have done remove or disable it

Source:https://www.itechtics.com/disable-software-reporter-tool/