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Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry Using High CPU

Anonymous
2022-10-13T10:50:28+00:00

Hi, whenever I startup, I notice that Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry uses about 50-80% of my CPU which stops after a minute or so. Is this normal or should I be concerned?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-13T11:25:48+00:00

    Hi Tqkend

    I'm Juliet and I'll do my best to help you.

    The Windows Compatibility Telemetry contains technical information about how the device and its associated software work. It sends data to Microsoft on a regular basis in order to improve the system and improve the user experience. To resolve your issue about its high CPU usage, you can disable this service in the Task Scheduler by following the steps below:

    1. Click Start, type Task Scheduler, and then press Enter.
    2. On the TaskScheduler window, go to this path: Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience.
    3. On the Application Experience folder, look for Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser.
    4. Right-click on it, select Disable, and then confirm to complete the process.

    I hope it helps! Let me know the results.

    Have a nice day ahead and Stay safe always :)

    Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-22T15:43:11+00:00

    Hey I found a fix, I just went to that file location of that "Telemetry"

    In my case it was at : C:\Windows\SysWOW64

    1. Renamed "CompatTelRunner.exe" -> "Something.exe"
    2. Then Ended the task on taskmanager then it didn't start up.

    Of course I am not sure if it will have any long term effects. Do it at your risk :)

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-09T14:19:09+00:00

    Hi Tqkend

    I'm Juliet and I'll do my best to help you.

    The Windows Compatibility Telemetry contains technical information about how the device and its associated software work. It sends data to Microsoft on a regular basis in order to improve the system and improve the user experience. To resolve your issue about its high CPU usage, you can disable this service in the Task Scheduler by following the steps below:

    1. Click Start, type Task Scheduler, and then press Enter.
    2. On the TaskScheduler window, go to this path: Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience.
    3. On the Application Experience folder, look for Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser.
    4. Right-click on it, select Disable, and then confirm to complete the process.

    I hope it helps! Let me know the results.

    Have a nice day ahead and Stay safe always :)

    Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    You do know, don't you that it runs ANYWAY??!!

    Mine has been disabled for a year. So, this morning, after stopping Chrome from sucking 40%+ of my CPU, I saw that "Windows Compatibility Telemetry" was next, at 35%.

    When I try to update it AGAIN, as shown above, to insure it's disabled, I get a message that the "Task Scheduler Service is not available."

    So, in other words, typical of MS, all their configurations and controls a total BS. It's running their spyware whether you like it or not. (Try to tell me how "Windows Compatibility Telemetry" doesn't meet the definition of "spyware"??)

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-09T17:39:06+00:00

    Yeah, and I disabled the "Microsoft Telemetry", and yet it was running... they keep doing it.

    I would not define it as "expected behavior" when I did NOT check that little button "send data to Microsoft to improve..." when I did the install a few years ago.

    "Expected behavior" would be when I don't sign up for something, so it doesn't happen. Or when I make a honest effort to stop something, and it stops.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-27T21:37:16+00:00

    This blasted bit of spyware is not just "containing" -- it is DOING something on a large scale. Why else would it be jacking up the CPU utilization so high for so long?

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