Why does WMI Provider Host ( WmiPrvSE.exe ) keep spiking my CPU ?

Posted by Sathya on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Sathya
Published on 2011-02-02T12:36:08Z Indexed on 2011/02/05 23:27 UTC
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I generally keep my laptop on 24x7, and at the end of the day it's really annoying to have my thighs burnt because over overheating.

The overheating seems to be a result of WMI Provider Host ( WmiPrvSE.exe ) spiking the CPU utilization to 25% every few minutes. Any ideas why this is happening ?

I have an HP Envy 14 (w/ the HP bundled crap) running on Windows 7 Home Premium.

(Note: Based on @nhinkle's past observations, it seems that HP Wireless Manager might be the culprit, is there any way to confirm this ?)

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