Directx diagnostic not finding CPU

Hi Toby,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Use the Performance tab in Task Manager to see how your computer's CPU is being used by Windows and other programs running on your computer.

1. Open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar, and then clicking Start Task Manager.
2. Click the Performance tab.

Performance graphs

The top two graphs show how much CPU is being used, both at the moment and for the past few minutes. (If the CPU Usage History graph appears split, your computer either has multiple CPUs, a single dual-core CPU, or both.)

A high percentage means that the programs or processes that are running require a lot of CPU resources, which can slow your computer. If the percentage appears frozen at or near 100%, then a program might not be responding. For more information, see Exit a program that isn't responding.

To view advanced information about CPU utilization, at the bottom of the Performance tab, click Resource Monitor.  If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Resource Monitor shows information similar to that shown in Task Manager, but with more details. For more information about Resource Monitor when you're using it, click Help, and then click Resource Monitor Help.

To determine what kind of CPU is installed on your computer

1. Open System by clicking the Start button , right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties.
2. In the System section, next to Processor, view your computer's CPU speed and type.

Hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reply in case you face any other issues with Windows in future.

I may have not been fully clear in my inquiry... Prior to this new install of windows, I only had one issue: the browser would give me IP conflict errors. All else worked fine. I kept all my documents on a seperate HHD and formatted my my entire SSD to run windows on. I already knew all the software I needed, so this new install has only the programs I wanted from the old setup which should reduce registry issues. But ever since the new install, I have dealt with incredibly slow speeds, hangs, BSD, and some weird frozen states (a screen that is just messed up). I have stopped the critical errors by reducing the services that start automatically only to the ones that safe mode starts plus the few that prevent some of my programs I want to start on startup is they are not set to auto. 

When running the exact same software without all the services reductions on the old install, I had no issues...