[CaptainGongan]

<p>I'm an avid fan of the arcade game Sound Voltex. An emulator for this game exists, called K-Shoot Mania. I have a brand new Asus x751lx-db71 and it should be playing this small game way above par. I get an average fps of about 100-130fps, but the game still has small stuttering (freezes roughly .2-.3 seconds in length) every 5-15 seconds or so of playing. It is unrelated to the game's framerate, as it never shows the fps dropping, I merely just get stuttering. This issue happens about half the time I play. Sometimes I'll play the game and get silky smooth gameplay, and sometimes I will play and have this issue frequently (it's really bothersome in a fast-paced rhythm game). I've created an exception for the game in my Antivirus software (Avast), so that shouldn't be the issue. If any of you can help me locate whatever is causing this, I would be extremely grateful.</p>

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Get Process Explorer

http://live.sysinter...com/procexp.exe
Save it to your desktop then run it (Vista or Win7 - right click and Run As Administrator).  

View, Select Column, check Verified Signer, OK
Options, Verify Image Signatures


Click twice on the CPU column header  to sort things by CPU usage with the big hitters at the top.  

Wait a full minute then:

File, Save As, Save.  Open the file Procexp.txt on your desktop and copy and paste the text to a reply.
 

[RKinner]

Get Process Explorer

http://live.sysinter...com/procexp.exe
Save it to your desktop then run it (Vista or Win7 - right click and Run As Administrator).  

View, Select Column, check Verified Signer, OK
Options, Verify Image Signatures


Click twice on the CPU column header  to sort things by CPU usage with the big hitters at the top.  

Wait a full minute then:

File, Save As, Save.  Open the file Procexp.txt on your desktop and copy and paste the text to a reply.
 

[CaptainGongan]

Get Process Explorer

http://live.sysinter...com/procexp.exe
Save it to your desktop then run it (Vista or Win7 - right click and Run As Administrator).  

View, Select Column, check Verified Signer, OK
Options, Verify Image Signatures


Click twice on the CPU column header  to sort things by CPU usage with the big hitters at the top.  

Wait a full minute then:

File, Save As, Save.  Open the file Procexp.txt on your desktop and copy and paste the text to a reply.
 

 Process CPU Private Bytes Working Set PID Description Company Name Verified Signer

System Idle Process 84.62 0 K 4 K 0

svchost.exe 7.80 78,456 K 88,028 K 1072 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

chrome.exe 4.28 57,704 K 96,288 K 1384 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

procexp64.exe 0.87 21,624 K 48,284 K 2788 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

Interrupts 0.63 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs

System 0.51 132 K 8,984 K 4

csrss.exe 0.37 2,124 K 28,336 K 1436

dwm.exe 0.28 15,468 K 24,744 K 6968

explorer.exe 0.19 41,412 K 85,060 K 7132 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

SearchIndexer.exe 0.12 34,596 K 39,580 K 4548 Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

AsusTPCenter.exe 0.10 3,540 K 2,208 K 740 ASUS Smart Gesture Center AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

LiveUpdate.exe 0.08 57,468 K 37,312 K 3188

NvStreamNetworkService.exe 0.05 7,224 K 13,832 K 7092

AsusTPLoader.exe 0.03 1,844 K 1,404 K 7136 ASUS Smart Gesture Loader AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

NvStreamUserAgent.exe 0.02 6,228 K 16,344 K 1224

AsusTPHelper.exe 0.02 1,040 K 748 K 5116

AvastUI.exe 0.01 16,812 K 18,776 K 1032

AvastSvc.exe 0.01 115,624 K 51,804 K 1584 avast! Service AVAST Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

NvStreamService.exe 0.01 2,940 K 10,340 K 1876 NVIDIA Streamer Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

NvBackend.exe < 0.01 11,244 K 17,852 K 6804 NVIDIA Backend NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

esif_assist.exe < 0.01 1,032 K 3,404 K 2980

svchost.exe < 0.01 4,860 K 12,184 K 2804 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe < 0.01 26,988 K 50,516 K 708 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

nvvsvc.exe < 0.01 4,808 K 13,048 K 5900

AvastVBoxSVC.exe < 0.01 3,492 K 10,468 K 4212 AvastVirtualBox Interface Avast Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

BtvStack.exe < 0.01 8,120 K 15,208 K 6136 Extension Core Qualcomm®Atheros® (Certificate expired) Qualcomm®Atheros®

WUDFHost.exe 23,632 K 30,960 K 1180

wmpnetwk.exe 6,300 K 20,516 K 6780 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

WmiPrvSE.exe 5,008 K 10,020 K 2628

WmiPrvSE.exe 1,832 K 5,992 K 6456

winlogon.exe 1,260 K 5,412 K 1216

wininit.exe 972 K 4,184 K 696

USBChargerPlus.exe 1,588 K 1,144 K 2636

unsecapp.exe 1,216 K 5,380 K 3020

taskhostex.exe 3,668 K 8,868 K 2708 Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

taskeng.exe 1,192 K 4,772 K 3268

svchost.exe 12,908 K 22,028 K 1424 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 20,036 K 22,704 K 1732 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 5,508 K 12,056 K 892 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 6,096 K 14,444 K 1712 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 4,580 K 7,992 K 940 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 20,656 K 29,364 K 584 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 10,104 K 19,504 K 824 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

spoolsv.exe 3,520 K 9,156 K 1688 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

smss.exe 276 K 1,044 K 428

SkyDrive.exe 8,516 K 15,048 K 2300 OneDrive Sync Engine Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

SettingSyncHost.exe 2,636 K 8,772 K 5376 Host Process for Setting Synchronization Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

services.exe 4,112 K 7,584 K 812

RuntimeBroker.exe 3,292 K 12,332 K 4420 Runtime Broker Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

RAVCpl64.exe 4,692 K 1,432 K 1612 Realtek HD Audio Manager Realtek Semiconductor (Verified) Realtek Semiconductor Corp

procexp.exe 2,260 K 7,032 K 4540 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

PresentationFontCache.exe 25,156 K 16,332 K 3084 PresentationFontCache.exe Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

OfficeClickToRun.exe 31,244 K 46,092 K 1924 Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

nvxdsync.exe 6,216 K 17,416 K 4824

nvvsvc.exe 1,976 K 7,084 K 372 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 355.98 NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

nvtray.exe 2,696 K 9,312 K 192 NVIDIA Settings NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

NvNetworkService.exe 3,320 K 8,380 K 1380 NVIDIA Network Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

MSOSYNC.EXE 17,720 K 28,972 K 4896 Microsoft Office Document Cache Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

lsass.exe 5,876 K 13,528 K 820 Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

LMS.exe 3,296 K 9,588 K 6720 Intel® Local Management Service Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - Embedded Subsystems and IP Blocks Group

jhi_service.exe 988 K 4,296 K 6676 Intel® Dynamic Application Loader Host Interface Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - Embedded Subsystems and IP Blocks Group

igfxTray.exe 3,008 K 7,952 K 3196 (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxHK.exe 2,040 K 6,628 K 4868 igfxHK Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxEM.exe 3,232 K 8,760 K 6760 igfxEM Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxCUIService.exe 1,684 K 6,508 K 1048 igfxCUIService Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

HControl.exe 1,484 K 6,060 K 4156

GFNEXSrv.exe 692 K 2,740 K 1560 GFNEXSrv ASUS (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

GfExperienceService.exe 3,504 K 10,008 K 1092 NVIDIA GeForce ExperienceService NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

esif_uf.exe 1,720 K 5,328 K 2016 Intel® Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel® Software

DMedia.exe 1,180 K 5,032 K 2528

dllhost.exe 1,452 K 5,184 K 4760 COM Surrogate Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

dllhost.exe 1,372 K 6,164 K 5024

dasHost.exe 4,724 K 12,892 K 2552

csrss.exe 1,980 K 4,500 K 632

CSISYNCCLIENT.EXE 17,272 K 27,800 K 6656 Microsoft Office Document Cache Sync Client Interface Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

conhost.exe 716 K 2,844 K 2228

conhost.exe 816 K 3,676 K 3636

chrome.exe 83,800 K 137,652 K 6704 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

chrome.exe 22,836 K 78,940 K 884 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

chrome.exe 37,508 K 61,352 K 5764 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

chrome.exe 88,576 K 110,912 K 6004 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

ATKOSD2.exe 1,576 K 6,160 K 6512

Ath_CoexAgent.exe 1,600 K 5,132 K 2072 Atheros Coex Service Application Atheros (No signature was present in the subject) Atheros

AsLdrSrv.exe 988 K 4,232 K 1512 ASLDR Service ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

AdminService.exe 1,788 K 5,060 K 1896 Windows Setup API Windows ® Win 7 DDK provider (Certificate expired) Windows ® Win 7 DDK provider

ActivateDesktop.exe 1,212 K 4,788 K 3388 (Certificate expired)

[RKinner]

The first svchost.exe is using too much CPU time.  Run Process Explorer as before and click on the first svchost.exe then do File Save OK.  This time the file will be called svchost.exe.txt.  Open it and copy and paste it to a reply.

 

While you have Process Explorer running, unclick the svchost.exe and then watch the display for a while.  Do you see anything suddenly popping up close to the top?  Often WmiPrvSE.exe will periodically jump up in the ranks.

[CaptainGongan]

The first svchost.exe is using too much CPU time.  Run Process Explorer as before and click on the first svchost.exe then do File Save OK.  This time the file will be called svchost.exe.txt.  Open it and copy and paste it to a reply.

 

While you have Process Explorer running, unclick the svchost.exe and then watch the display for a while.  Do you see anything suddenly popping up close to the top?  Often WmiPrvSE.exe will periodically jump up in the ranks.

I noticed WmiPrvSE.exe as well as Avast and a few others frequenting near the top, but Wmi was one of the worst offenders.

 

 

Process CPU Private Bytes Working Set PID Description Company Name Verified Signer

AvastSvc.exe 0.02 119,092 K 41,300 K 1584 avast! Service AVAST Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

chrome.exe 0.02 114,148 K 134,884 K 96 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

chrome.exe 0.14 85,744 K 131,240 K 4100 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

svchost.exe < 0.01 77,560 K 88,580 K 1072 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

chrome.exe 0.05 55,608 K 92,204 K 5848 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

explorer.exe 0.22 49,552 K 103,476 K 2288 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

chrome.exe 35,796 K 59,652 K 1404 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

SearchIndexer.exe 33,780 K 38,956 K 4548 Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

svchost.exe < 0.01 33,488 K 51,676 K 708 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

OfficeClickToRun.exe < 0.01 31,304 K 46,168 K 1924 Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

PresentationFontCache.exe 25,156 K 16,332 K 3084 PresentationFontCache.exe Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

WUDFHost.exe 23,660 K 31,000 K 1180

chrome.exe < 0.01 21,428 K 74,508 K 4384 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

procexp64.exe 2.24 20,172 K 44,260 K 6136 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

svchost.exe 19,872 K 28,708 K 584 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 17,656 K 21,688 K 1732 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

MSOSYNC.EXE < 0.01 17,656 K 28,884 K 4108 Microsoft Office Document Cache Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

CSISYNCCLIENT.EXE 17,360 K 27,988 K 5728 Microsoft Office Document Cache Sync Client Interface Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

dwm.exe 0.33 16,672 K 24,116 K 1728

livecomm.exe Suspended 16,616 K 14,128 K 3340 Communications Service Microsoft Corporation (No signature was present in the subject) Microsoft Corporation

AvastUI.exe 0.02 16,500 K 18,724 K 5444

svchost.exe < 0.01 13,412 K 22,380 K 1424 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

NvBackend.exe < 0.01 11,996 K 17,996 K 3456 NVIDIA Backend NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

svchost.exe 9,256 K 18,700 K 824 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

SkyDrive.exe 8,612 K 20,864 K 5100 OneDrive Sync Engine Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

BtvStack.exe 0.16 8,020 K 15,028 K 3492 Extension Core Qualcomm®Atheros® (Certificate expired) Qualcomm®Atheros®

NvStreamNetworkService.exe 0.07 7,128 K 13,740 K 4812

svchost.exe < 0.01 6,596 K 14,572 K 1712 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

wmpnetwk.exe 6,556 K 4,144 K 6780 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

NvStreamUserAgent.exe 0.03 6,256 K 16,452 K 248

nvxdsync.exe < 0.01 6,220 K 17,268 K 4524

lsass.exe 6,156 K 13,720 K 820 Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe < 0.01 5,656 K 12,264 K 892 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

WmiPrvSE.exe 5,252 K 10,192 K 2628

nvvsvc.exe < 0.01 4,916 K 13,068 K 5996

svchost.exe < 0.01 4,868 K 8,288 K 940 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

RAVCpl64.exe 4,660 K 5,788 K 5256 Realtek HD Audio Manager Realtek Semiconductor (Verified) Realtek Semiconductor Corp

dasHost.exe 4,292 K 12,560 K 2552

svchost.exe 4,140 K 11,280 K 2804 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

services.exe 3,992 K 7,236 K 812

AvastVBoxSVC.exe < 0.01 3,604 K 10,628 K 4212 AvastVirtualBox Interface Avast Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

AsusTPCenter.exe 0.13 3,592 K 7,580 K 7032 ASUS Smart Gesture Center AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

spoolsv.exe 3,540 K 9,192 K 1688 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

taskhostex.exe 3,508 K 8,588 K 3168 Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

GfExperienceService.exe 3,504 K 10,008 K 1092 NVIDIA GeForce ExperienceService NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

RuntimeBroker.exe 3,484 K 12,348 K 6436 Runtime Broker Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

NvNetworkService.exe 3,320 K 8,388 K 1380 NVIDIA Network Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

LMS.exe 3,296 K 9,588 K 6720 Intel® Local Management Service Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - Embedded Subsystems and IP Blocks Group

igfxEM.exe 3,220 K 8,784 K 3236 igfxEM Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxTray.exe 3,080 K 7,980 K 6028 (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

NvStreamService.exe 0.01 2,940 K 10,340 K 1876 NVIDIA Streamer Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

nvtray.exe 2,920 K 9,892 K 5160 NVIDIA Settings NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

procexp.exe 2,264 K 7,012 K 3120 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

nvvsvc.exe < 0.01 2,128 K 7,132 K 372 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 355.98 NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

csrss.exe 0.49 2,124 K 24,548 K 2860

igfxHK.exe 2,044 K 6,660 K 6836 igfxHK Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

csrss.exe 1,984 K 4,500 K 632

AdminService.exe 1,936 K 5,148 K 1896 Windows Setup API Windows ® Win 7 DDK provider (Certificate expired) Windows ® Win 7 DDK provider

AsusTPLoader.exe 0.02 1,868 K 3,820 K 5140 ASUS Smart Gesture Loader AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

igfxCUIService.exe 1,736 K 6,540 K 1048 igfxCUIService Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

esif_uf.exe 1,720 K 5,328 K 2016 Intel® Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel® Software

USBChargerPlus.exe 1,700 K 3,396 K 6128

Ath_CoexAgent.exe 1,680 K 5,188 K 2072 Atheros Coex Service Application Atheros (No signature was present in the subject) Atheros

ATKOSD2.exe 1,580 K 6,132 K 6788

HControl.exe 1,504 K 6,072 K 1764

dllhost.exe 1,432 K 5,104 K 7136 COM Surrogate Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

dllhost.exe 1,372 K 6,168 K 5024

unsecapp.exe 1,260 K 5,336 K 6524

winlogon.exe 1,248 K 5,432 K 3376

taskeng.exe 1,204 K 4,792 K 3268

ActivateDesktop.exe 1,204 K 4,752 K 480 (Certificate expired)

DMedia.exe 1,184 K 5,004 K 1204

AsusTPHelper.exe 0.02 1,040 K 2,212 K 328

esif_assist.exe < 0.01 1,036 K 3,388 K 6464

AsLdrSrv.exe 1,020 K 4,256 K 1512 ASLDR Service ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

jhi_service.exe 988 K 4,296 K 6676 Intel® Dynamic Application Loader Host Interface Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - Embedded Subsystems and IP Blocks Group

wininit.exe 984 K 4,224 K 696

conhost.exe 820 K 3,648 K 6428

conhost.exe 716 K 2,848 K 6840

GFNEXSrv.exe 692 K 2,740 K 1560 GFNEXSrv ASUS (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

smss.exe 276 K 1,044 K 428

System 0.58 132 K 8,996 K 4

System Idle Process 94.28 0 K 4 K 0

Interrupts 1.15 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs

[CaptainGongan]

The first svchost.exe is using too much CPU time.  Run Process Explorer as before and click on the first svchost.exe then do File Save OK.  This time the file will be called svchost.exe.txt.  Open it and copy and paste it to a reply.

 

While you have Process Explorer running, unclick the svchost.exe and then watch the display for a while.  Do you see anything suddenly popping up close to the top?  Often WmiPrvSE.exe will periodically jump up in the ranks.

I also notice svchost.exe and dwm,exe show up. I ran the game in windowed and watched the Process Explorer to see if I could pinpoint the stuttering to a task, but it was rather difficult as the game stutters a little too often to point a finger at one thing. I went ahead and saved a copy of what it looks like while I run the game. Still, WmiPrvSE.exe and svchost.exe seem most guilty, like you mentioned.

 

Process CPU Private Bytes Working Set PID Description Company Name Verified Signer

System Idle Process 64.15 0 K 4 K 0

kshootmania.exe 25.84 368,708 K 362,992 K 5220 (No signature was present in the subject)

Interrupts 2.36 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs

System 1.81 132 K 9,040 K 4

dwm.exe 1.35 18,108 K 25,564 K 3948

procexp64.exe 1.24 20,336 K 44,496 K 2272 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

audiodg.exe 0.95 21,788 K 25,112 K 1976

csrss.exe 0.78 2,264 K 31,956 K 5592

AsusTPCenter.exe 0.43 3,492 K 2,432 K 5268 ASUS Smart Gesture Center AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

svchost.exe 0.24 77,184 K 87,248 K 1072 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

explorer.exe 0.22 72,856 K 135,624 K 2864 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

AsusTPHelper.exe 0.16 1,044 K 392 K 5812

NvStreamNetworkService.exe 0.16 7,236 K 13,992 K 6152

AsusTPLoader.exe 0.14 1,876 K 732 K 4836 ASUS Smart Gesture Loader AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

NvStreamUserAgent.exe 0.07 6,280 K 16,436 K 1216

NvStreamService.exe 0.02 2,940 K 10,340 K 1876 NVIDIA Streamer Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

AvastSvc.exe 0.02 116,640 K 40,048 K 1584 avast! Service AVAST Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

AvastUI.exe 0.02 16,728 K 19,144 K 5704

svchost.exe 0.01 26,676 K 48,652 K 708 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 0.01 5,496 K 12,400 K 892 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

NvBackend.exe < 0.01 11,904 K 17,404 K 5648 NVIDIA Backend NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

svchost.exe < 0.01 13,284 K 22,492 K 1424 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

AvastVBoxSVC.exe < 0.01 3,612 K 10,668 K 4212 AvastVirtualBox Interface Avast Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

esif_assist.exe < 0.01 1,036 K 3,420 K 6232

svchost.exe < 0.01 16,752 K 21,408 K 1732 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

nvvsvc.exe < 0.01 4,860 K 13,152 K 5484

svchost.exe < 0.01 9,908 K 19,456 K 824 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

BtvStack.exe < 0.01 8,508 K 15,724 K 4864 Extension Core Qualcomm®Atheros® (Certificate expired) Qualcomm®Atheros®

WUDFHost.exe 23,744 K 31,084 K 1180

wmpnetwk.exe 6,568 K 4,716 K 6780 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

WmiPrvSE.exe 5,136 K 9,996 K 2628

winlogon.exe 1,268 K 5,432 K 4748

wininit.exe 984 K 4,244 K 696

USBChargerPlus.exe 1,708 K 1,684 K 4144

unsecapp.exe 1,192 K 5,460 K 1524

taskhostex.exe 3,636 K 8,852 K 2612 Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

SystemSettings.exe Suspended 23,996 K 44,816 K 5820 PC settings Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

svchost.exe 6,204 K 14,480 K 1712 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 4,868 K 8,664 K 940 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 19,476 K 28,352 K 584 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 4,112 K 11,292 K 2804 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

spoolsv.exe 3,540 K 9,200 K 1688 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

smss.exe 276 K 1,044 K 428

SkyDrive.exe 9,088 K 15,136 K 3860 OneDrive Sync Engine Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

SettingSyncHost.exe 4,520 K 4,168 K 5628 Host Process for Setting Synchronization Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

services.exe 4,124 K 7,468 K 812

SearchProtocolHost.exe 2,460 K 6,472 K 1496

SearchIndexer.exe 39,596 K 43,456 K 4548 Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

SearchFilterHost.exe 1,300 K 5,124 K 2024

RAVCpl64.exe 3,552 K 728 K 6860 Realtek HD Audio Manager Realtek Semiconductor (Verified) Realtek Semiconductor Corp

procexp.exe 2,312 K 6,968 K 984 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

PresentationFontCache.exe 25,156 K 16,332 K 3084 PresentationFontCache.exe Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

OfficeClickToRun.exe 31,848 K 46,628 K 1924 Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

nvxdsync.exe 6,140 K 17,304 K 3052

nvvsvc.exe 2,064 K 7,152 K 372 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 355.98 NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

nvtray.exe 2,860 K 9,772 K 7096 NVIDIA Settings NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

NvNetworkService.exe 3,332 K 8,412 K 1380 NVIDIA Network Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

MSOSYNC.EXE 18,268 K 29,768 K 6392 Microsoft Office Document Cache Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

lsass.exe 6,460 K 14,188 K 820 Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

LMS.exe 3,296 K 9,592 K 6720 Intel® Local Management Service Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - Embedded Subsystems and IP Blocks Group

jhi_service.exe 988 K 4,296 K 6676 Intel® Dynamic Application Loader Host Interface Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - Embedded Subsystems and IP Blocks Group

igfxTray.exe 3,084 K 8,072 K 1600 (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxHK.exe 2,100 K 6,728 K 1984 igfxHK Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxEM.exe 3,264 K 8,808 K 3656 igfxEM Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxCUIService.exe 1,876 K 6,612 K 1048 igfxCUIService Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

HControl.exe 1,528 K 6,368 K 6084

GFNEXSrv.exe 692 K 2,740 K 1560 GFNEXSrv ASUS (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

GfExperienceService.exe 3,504 K 10,008 K 1092 NVIDIA GeForce ExperienceService NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

esif_uf.exe 1,736 K 5,344 K 2016 Intel® Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel® Software

DMedia.exe 1,180 K 5,008 K 1448

dllhost.exe 1,472 K 5,216 K 1440 COM Surrogate Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

dllhost.exe 1,372 K 6,168 K 5024

dasHost.exe 4,168 K 12,476 K 2552

csrss.exe 1,992 K 4,524 K 632

CSISYNCCLIENT.EXE 17,724 K 28,324 K 588 Microsoft Office Document Cache Sync Client Interface Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

conhost.exe 824 K 3,660 K 6908

conhost.exe 712 K 2,860 K 5860

ATKOSD2.exe 1,568 K 6,140 K 3012

Ath_CoexAgent.exe 1,660 K 5,192 K 2072 Atheros Coex Service Application Atheros (No signature was present in the subject) Atheros

AsLdrSrv.exe 1,020 K 4,256 K 1512 ASLDR Service ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

AdminService.exe 1,864 K 5,112 K 1896 Windows Setup API Windows ® Win 7 DDK provider (Certificate expired) Windows ® Win 7 DDK provider

ActivateDesktop.exe 1,204 K 4,756 K 6300 (Certificate expired)

[RKinner]

Run process explorer as before but make sure that under View that Show Lower Pane is checked.  Sort things by CPU as before so that the highest users are at the top.  Wait until SVCHOST.EXE gets up near the top then hit the SPACE bar.  Click on SVCHOST.EXE and you should see a new pane at the bottom.  Then File, SAVE OK.

 

Your last log shows

Interrupts 2.36 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs

 

which probably means that the driver for your game is very inefficient at least for this operating system.  See if they have a newer version.   I suppose it could also be your video driver but it looked OK in your first log.

 

You can right click on the Avast ball in the system tray (probably hidden by windows- click on the two stacked up arrows to the left of the clock) and select Avast Shields Control and Disable for 10 minutes OK then play your game and see if Avast is at fault.

 

For WMI:

 I would first just right click on the file in Process Explorer and Suspend.  See if that makes a difference.

 

For DWM.exe that your desktop manager that makes the fancy aero displays.  You can probably suspend it with Process Explorer or you can stop the service:

 

Open up Services from Control Panel or the start menu, and then find the “Desktop Window Manager Session Manager” service in the list, and click the stop button. Note that you will be switched to the Basic theme when you click the button.

 

[CaptainGongan]

When svchost.exe reaches near the top of the list I press space bar and then click on it, but the pane on the bottom half of the screen remains blank. Suspending Avast did not solve my problem. Whenever I try to suspend WMI

 

 

Run process explorer as before but make sure that under View that Show Lower Pane is checked.  Sort things by CPU as before so that the highest users are at the top.  Wait until SVCHOST.EXE gets up near the top then hit the SPACE bar.  Click on SVCHOST.EXE and you should see a new pane at the bottom.  Then File, SAVE OK.

 

Your last log shows

Interrupts 2.36 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs

 

which probably means that the driver for your game is very inefficient at least for this operating system.  See if they have a newer version.   I suppose it could also be your video driver but it looked OK in your first log.

 

You can right click on the Avast ball in the system tray (probably hidden by windows- click on the two stacked up arrows to the left of the clock) and select Avast Shields Control and Disable for 10 minutes OK then play your game and see if Avast is at fault.

 

For WMI:

 I would first just right click on the file in Process Explorer and Suspend.  See if that makes a difference.

 

For DWM.exe that your desktop manager that makes the fancy aero displays.  You can probably suspend it with Process Explorer or you can stop the service:

 

Open up Services from Control Panel or the start menu, and then find the “Desktop Window Manager Session Manager” service in the list, and click the stop button. Note that you will be switched to the Basic theme when you click the button.

 

 

Suspending Avast did not solve my issue, sadly. Whenever I try to suspend WmiPrvSE.exe it says "Unable to suspend the process: Access is denied". Lastly, when I followed your instructions in Process Explorer, found svchost.exe when it got close to the top, hit spacebar, and clicked it, nothing showed up on the pane on the bottom half of the screen.

[CaptainGongan]

Sorry, I'm silly. I ran it as an administrator, and then everything worked okay. Suspending Wmi seemed to improve performance, though I think I still caught a few jitters while playing, yet my fps never dipped below 100. I was able to save svchost.exe, here it is.

 

Process CPU Private Bytes Working Set PID Description Company Name Verified Signer

System Idle Process 93.73 0 K 4 K 0

procexp64.exe 2.93 22,968 K 35,884 K 6620 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

WmiPrvSE.exe 1.39 4,412 K 8,744 K 5492 WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

System 0.48 132 K 9,088 K 4

Interrupts 0.45 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs

NvStreamNetworkService.exe 0.12 7,080 K 13,868 K 3412 NVIDIA Network Stream Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

svchost.exe 0.12 80,372 K 90,244 K 1072 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

AsusTPCenter.exe 0.10 2,436 K 928 K 192 ASUS Smart Gesture Center AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

chrome.exe 0.09 97,140 K 156,640 K 5748 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

csrss.exe 0.09 2,332 K 34,300 K 5592 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 0.08 6,296 K 14,624 K 1712 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

NvStreamUserAgent.exe 0.07 6,180 K 16,636 K 6848 NVIDIA Streamer User Agent NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

dwm.exe 0.07 21,852 K 28,756 K 3948 Desktop Window Manager Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

explorer.exe 0.05 75,784 K 144,116 K 2864 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

svchost.exe 0.05 27,812 K 47,704 K 708 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

AsusTPHelper.exe 0.04 1,044 K 372 K 5812 ASUS Smart Gesture Helper AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

AsusTPLoader.exe 0.03 1,828 K 784 K 4836 ASUS Smart Gesture Loader AsusTek (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

chrome.exe 0.03 47,880 K 86,740 K 6656 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

NvStreamService.exe 0.02 2,940 K 10,372 K 1876 NVIDIA Streamer Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

AvastUI.exe 0.02 22,484 K 20,880 K 5704 avast! Antivirus AVAST Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

AvastSvc.exe 0.01 113,512 K 40,108 K 1584 avast! Service AVAST Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

NvBackend.exe 0.01 12,036 K 17,844 K 5648 NVIDIA Backend NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

chrome.exe < 0.01 22,680 K 65,444 K 5732 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

lsass.exe < 0.01 6,936 K 14,720 K 820 Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

esif_assist.exe < 0.01 1,072 K 3,472 K 6232 Intel® Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Utility Application Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel® Software

nvvsvc.exe < 0.01 4,936 K 13,584 K 5484 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 355.98 NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

CSISYNCCLIENT.EXE < 0.01 17,924 K 28,960 K 588 Microsoft Office Document Cache Sync Client Interface Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

SkyDrive.exe < 0.01 9,112 K 14,964 K 3860 OneDrive Sync Engine Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

svchost.exe < 0.01 5,304 K 12,580 K 2804 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

AvastVBoxSVC.exe < 0.01 3,648 K 10,720 K 4212 AvastVirtualBox Interface Avast Software (Verified) AVAST Software a.s.

BtvStack.exe < 0.01 8,476 K 15,864 K 4864 Extension Core Qualcomm®Atheros® (Certificate expired) Qualcomm®Atheros®

WUDFHost.exe 23,744 K 31,084 K 1180 Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

wmpnetwk.exe 6,844 K 6,132 K 6780 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

WmiPrvSE.exe 1,780 K 5,732 K 1904 WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

winlogon.exe 1,308 K 5,772 K 4748 Windows Logon Application Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

wininit.exe 984 K 4,244 K 696 Windows Start-Up Application Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

USBChargerPlus.exe 1,808 K 1,988 K 4144 ASUS USB Charger Plus ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

unsecapp.exe 1,316 K 5,812 K 1524 Sink to receive asynchronous callbacks for WMI client application Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

taskhostex.exe 4,464 K 10,756 K 2612 Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

SystemSettings.exe Suspended 23,996 K 44,816 K 5820 PC settings Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

svchost.exe 5,296 K 12,508 K 892 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 13,856 K 23,016 K 1424 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 17,548 K 26,348 K 584 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 19,536 K 23,336 K 1732 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 10,808 K 20,924 K 824 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

svchost.exe 5,120 K 8,888 K 940 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

SpotifyWebHelper.exe 1,788 K 6,800 K 5684 SpotifyWebHelper Spotify Ltd (Verified) Spotify AB

spoolsv.exe 3,540 K 9,200 K 1688 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

smss.exe 276 K 1,048 K 428 Windows Session Manager Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

SettingSyncHost.exe 2,728 K 3,072 K 5628 Host Process for Setting Synchronization Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

services.exe 4,088 K 7,516 K 812 Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

SearchIndexer.exe 37,408 K 43,048 K 4548 Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

RAVCpl64.exe 3,564 K 892 K 6860 Realtek HD Audio Manager Realtek Semiconductor (Verified) Realtek Semiconductor Corp

procexp.exe 2,248 K 7,172 K 4960 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

PresentationFontCache.exe 25,156 K 16,396 K 3084 PresentationFontCache.exe Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

OfficeClickToRun.exe 31,884 K 46,704 K 1924 Microsoft Office Click-to-Run Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Corporation

nvxdsync.exe 6,356 K 17,808 K 3052 NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

nvvsvc.exe 2,016 K 7,128 K 372 NVIDIA Driver Helper Service, Version 355.98 NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

nvtray.exe 3,096 K 9,944 K 7096 NVIDIA Settings NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

NvNetworkService.exe 3,332 K 8,412 K 1380 NVIDIA Network Service NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

LMS.exe 3,296 K 9,592 K 6720 Intel® Local Management Service Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - Embedded Subsystems and IP Blocks Group

jhi_service.exe 988 K 4,296 K 6676 Intel® Dynamic Application Loader Host Interface Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - Embedded Subsystems and IP Blocks Group

igfxTray.exe 3,016 K 8,120 K 1600 (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxHK.exe 2,044 K 6,732 K 1984 igfxHK Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxEM.exe 3,204 K 9,056 K 3656 igfxEM Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

igfxCUIService.exe 1,848 K 6,632 K 1048 igfxCUIService Module Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel Corporation - pGFX

HControl.exe 1,528 K 6,592 K 6084 HControl ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

GFNEXSrv.exe 692 K 2,740 K 1560 GFNEXSrv ASUS (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

GfExperienceService.exe 3,504 K 10,008 K 1092 NVIDIA GeForce ExperienceService NVIDIA Corporation (Verified) NVIDIA Corporation

esif_uf.exe 1,736 K 5,344 K 2016 Intel® Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework Intel Corporation (Verified) Intel® Software

DMedia.exe 1,184 K 5,180 K 1448 ATK Media ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

dllhost.exe 1,360 K 6,128 K 5024 COM Surrogate Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

dasHost.exe 5,076 K 13,140 K 2552 Device Association Framework Provider Host Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

csrss.exe 2,024 K 4,544 K 632 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows Publisher

conhost.exe 816 K 3,788 K 6360 Console Window Host Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

conhost.exe 716 K 2,888 K 5316 Console Window Host Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

chrome.exe 82,468 K 105,380 K 3964 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

chrome.exe 36,860 K 59,780 K 1064 Google Chrome Google Inc. (Verified) Google Inc

audiodg.exe 18,096 K 20,816 K 5240 Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation Microsoft Corporation (Verified) Microsoft Windows

ATKOSD2.exe 1,576 K 6,236 K 3012 ATKOSD2 ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Ath_CoexAgent.exe 1,656 K 5,192 K 2072 Atheros Coex Service Application Atheros (No signature was present in the subject) Atheros

AsLdrSrv.exe 1,020 K 4,264 K 1512 ASLDR Service ASUSTek Computer Inc. (Verified) ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

AdminService.exe 1,808 K 5,084 K 1896 Windows Setup API Windows ® Win 7 DDK provider (Certificate expired) Windows ® Win 7 DDK provider

ActivateDesktop.exe 1,204 K 4,772 K 6300 (Certificate expired)

 

Process: svchost.exe Pid: 1072

 

Type Name

ALPC Port \RPC Control\LRPC-1d72d9a28c985b4951

ALPC Port \RPC Control\LRPC-d92833dd9886cb25b3

ALPC Port \RPC Control\LRPC-d6b8ee569fb018c7c5

ALPC Port \Security\TRKWKS_PORT

ALPC Port \RPC Control\trkwks

ALPC Port \RPC Control\OLE80904C5D54FA34B53EEF2F4FAC58

ALPC Port \RPC Control\LRPC-535a8df2b67ee753a3

Desktop \Default

Directory \KnownDlls

Directory \BaseNamedObjects

Event \KernelObjects\MaximumCommitCondition

Event \KernelObjects\SuperfetchScenarioNotify

Event \BaseNamedObjects\TermSrvReadyEvent

Event \BaseNamedObjects\WLAN_POLICY_CHANGE_EVENT

Event \BaseNamedObjects\UFH_{DC27E4C7-C59E-4710-927B-9F9C958092B1}

Event \Security\TRKWKS_EVENT

Event \KernelObjects\SuperfetchTracesReady

Event \KernelObjects\SuperfetchParametersChanged

Event \KernelObjects\SuperfetchParametersChanged

Event \KernelObjects\PrefetchTracesReady

File C:\Windows\System32

File \Device\CNG

File C:\Windows\System32\en-US\svchost.exe.mui

File \Device\KsecDD

File \Device\DeviceApi

File C:\Windows\System32\en-US\setupapi.dll.mui

File \Device\DeviceApi

File C:\Windows\System32\en-US\MMDevAPI.dll.mui

File \Device\00000047\rtmicintopo

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\00000047\singlelineouttopo

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\00000047\rtstereomixtopo

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\Ndis

File C:\Windows\System32\en-US\KernelBase.dll.mui

File \Device\KsecDD

File \Device\WMIDataDevice

File \Device\WMIDataDevice

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\Nsi

File C:\Windows\System32\en-US\wlansvc.dll.mui

File \Device\DeviceApi

File C:\$Extend\$ObjId

File \Device\HarddiskVolume4

File \Device\HarddiskVolume5

File D:\$Extend\$ObjId

File \Device\NamedPipe\trkwks

File \Device\NamedPipe\trkwks

File \Device\NamedPipe\trkwks

File D:\System Volume Information\tracking.log

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File C:\System Volume Information\tracking.log

File \Device\Afd

File C:\Windows\System32\en-US\sysmain.dll.mui

File \Device\DeviceApi

File C:\Windows\System32\en-US\crypt32.dll.mui

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\FileInfo

File \Device\DeviceApi

File \Device\DeviceApi

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER

Key HKCR

Key HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Ids

Key HKCR

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsRuntime\CLSID

Key HKCR\ActivatableClasses\CLSID

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio\Render\{9d54c789-e898-492b-a2fe-67fc07db00a7}\Properties

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Superfetch

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER\MEMORY MANAGEMENT\PrefetchParameters

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio\Capture\{d0866e9e-798f-4c8b-8167-1d66627d90b7}\Properties

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio\Capture\{d0866e9e-798f-4c8b-8167-1d66627d90b7}\Properties

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MMDevices\Audio\Render\{9d54c789-e898-492b-a2fe-67fc07db00a7}\Properties

Key HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Key HKCU

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\ROOT

Key HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Disallowed

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Superfetch\StaticConfig

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001

Key HKLM\SYSTEM

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE

Key HKU

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Device Association Framework\Store

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services

Key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople

Key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust

Key \REGISTRY\A\{E4A72BFA-70B1-3E8B-CFF6-086ED4DAF556}\Root

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NetworkProvider\HwOrder

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Key \REGISTRY\A\{E4A72BFA-70B1-3E8B-CFF6-086ED4DAF556}\Root\File

Key \REGISTRY\A\{E4A72BFA-70B1-3E8B-CFF6-086ED4DAF556}\Root\Orphan

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Network\Connections

Key HKCU

Key \REGISTRY\A\{E4A72BFA-70B1-3E8B-CFF6-086ED4DAF556}\Root\Programs

Key \REGISTRY\A\{E4A72BFA-70B1-3E8B-CFF6-086ED4DAF556}\Root\Generic

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Homegroup Machine Certificates

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WinSock2\Parameters\Protocol_Catalog9

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Prelaunch

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\WinSock2\Parameters\NameSpace_Catalog5

Key HKCU

Key HKCU

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FileHistory\HomeGroup

Key HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\crypt32

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IdentityStore\Providers

Key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EMDMgmt

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Trust

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Prefetcher

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Diagnostics\PerfTrack\TraceState

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\CA

Key HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot

Key HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\TrustedPeople

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot

Key HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

Key HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot

Key HKU\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root

Key HKU\S-1-5-19\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\ROOT

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed

Key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed

Key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA

Key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType 0\CertDllCreateCertificateChainEngine\Config

Mutant \BaseNamedObjects\d3b1bbc7-c020-4056-9ded-7c6f40b5a2fc

Mutant \BaseNamedObjects\3a886eb8-fe40-4d0a-b78b-9e0bcb683fb7

Mutant \BaseNamedObjects\RasPbFile

Process WUDFHost.exe(1180)

Process dasHost.exe(2552)

Process AvastUI.exe(5704)

Process AsusTPHelper.exe(5812)

Process procexp64.exe(6620)

Process procexp.exe(4960)

Process ATKOSD2.exe(3012)

Process explorer.exe(2864)

Process DMedia.exe(1448)

Process SpotifyWebHelper.exe(5684)

Section \BaseNamedObjects\__ComCatalogCache__

Section \BaseNamedObjects\__ComCatalogCache__

Section \BaseNamedObjects\windows_shell_global_counters

Section \BaseNamedObjects\RotHintTable

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1076

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1108

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1168

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1836

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1124

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1836

Thread WUDFHost.exe(1180): 1184

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1108

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1168

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1540

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1492

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1504

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1932

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3608

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1132

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 2792

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 4888

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3204

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3208

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3220

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 2792

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 480

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 2828

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3256

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3212

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3256

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1320

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3216

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3212

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3216

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3996

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3996

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3996

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 2836

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 4104

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1152

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 3020

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 2868

Thread svchost.exe(1072): 1124

Token NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:3e7

Token GONGAN\Chad:6531ba

Token GONGAN\Chad:653125

Token NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:3e7

Token GONGAN\Chad:6531ba

Token NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:3e7

Token NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:3e7

Token GONGAN\Chad:6531ba

Token GONGAN\Chad:6531ba

Token GONGAN\Chad:653125

Token GONGAN\Chad:6531ba

Token GONGAN\Chad:6531ba

Token GONGAN\Chad:6531ba

Token GONGAN\Chad:6531ba

WindowStation \Windows\WindowStations\Service-0x0-3e7$

WindowStation \Windows\WindowStations\Service-0x0-3e7$

[RKinner]

This last log really looks pretty decent.  System Idle is high and interrupts low.

 

See if you can run the wmi diagnostic:

 

https://www.microsof...ls.aspx?id=7684

[CaptainGongan]

This last log really looks pretty decent.  System Idle is high and interrupts low.

 

See if you can run the wmi diagnostic:

 

https://www.microsof...ls.aspx?id=7684

It seems to be all clear, except the "# of machines w/ WMI enumeration errors (E) " is 1, and "# of machines w/ WMI provider CIM registration failures (W)" is 1. I'm willing to try practically anything to get this game to run properly. While the game may not be very efficiently created, my friend has a laptop with an older GPU and CPU, and still manages to run it completely smoothly. After investing $300 in a controller to play this game, I need it to run smoothly or I will be a very sad person. I appreciate all your help thus far.

Edit: I just waited for svchost.exe to reach the top, then hit spacebar. I suspended svchoste.exe, and the problem persisted.

Edited by CaptainGongan, 30 September 2015 - 08:39 PM.

[RKinner]

You might just go in and stop the wmi service and see what stops working.  Type:

 

services.msc in the search box and hit Enter.  then when the services menu comes up, scroll down to the Windows Management Instrumentation service and right click on it and select Properties.  You should be able to STOP the service then change the Startup Type to Disabled.  OK  If odd things start happening then you can turn it back on.

 

Another possibility is rebuilding the repository:

 

https://support.soft...kspace/kb/88861

 

Sometimes third party vendors will add stuff to the wmi list and they don't know what they are doing and it causes problems.  I think when you rebuild the repository it dumps the third part stuff.  They don't say in the article but you need an elevated cmd window: Start, All Programs, Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and Run as Administrator.  I had to do this to mine when it was losing about 10% CPU to WMI every 10 seconds or so.  It fixed the problem.

 

Tho we don't see it in Process Explorer it is possible that some other program is causing problems.  You can try typing MSCONFIG in the search box and hit Enter.  This should bring up the System Configuration window.  Go to Services tab and click on the box to hide Microsoft Services then uncheck
everything that remains (except your network and avast and maybe your video).  Go to Startup tab and uncheck everything (except your network and avast and maybe your video).  OK and reboot.  If it doesn't help then go back into msconfig and recheck the
things you turned off.  If it helps then go back and turn on a few items each
time until you find the culprit.

[CaptainGongan]

After trying your first and third idea, I found that neither helped. While attempting your second option, I tried opening winmgmt service, but the box only appears for a split second before disappearing when I try to launch it.

[RKinner]

It's not a window.  You have to open an elevated prompt

Start, All Programs, Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and Run as Administrator, Yes

winmgmt  /verifyrepository

WMI repository is consistent

C:\Windows\system32>
 

[CaptainGongan]

Sadly the instructions that guide uses are beyond my comprehension. Either way, I appreciate you helping me troubleshoot everything thus far.