Comments on: The HP CPU Assassin! http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/ The Super User Community Blog Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: Nass L http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-659423 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 05:48:41 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-659423 I do not think I have HPWA but I do have CPU problems. Do all HP computres have it? where do I find it/ How do I remove it?

]]> By: Mark Keppinger http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-56749 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:09:30 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-56749 I was having the same CPU usage issues (40%-100% of one core), WmiPrvSE.exe being the user. I had recently switched from Norton 360 to Kaspersky Internet Security 2013. Disabled KIS-2013 and things are back to normal. Will contact Kaspersky support on the issue.

]]> By: Danny8247 http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-28327 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:56:38 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-28327 For all people who still have problems after deleting HP Wireless Assistant, try deleting HP Power Assistant as well. This program did the same thing with WmiPrvSE.exe as HPWA on my HP laptop.

]]> By: Jenna http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-8996 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:22:28 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-8996 Karnkel – I’m guessing the problem with your ASUS is not the HP wireless assistant…This site was helpful for me in pinpointing what process was constantly calling WMIprvSE.exe:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wmi/archive/2009/05/27/is-wmiprvse-a-real-villain.aspx

]]> By: Jenna http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-8995 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:19:30 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-8995 Thank you so much. I uninstalled that damn wireless assistant and my CPU usage is back to normal!

]]> By: Karnikel http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-6673 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:31:58 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-6673 Same problem on my ASUS G73JH. WTF is going on!?

]]> By: anter http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-3154 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:03:56 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-3154 I uninstalled the HPWA either, and I couldn’t connect the wifi. so I installed it back which still make CPU useage 20%-50%. I tried all kinds of version of HPWA, and no one can fixed the problem. Now I don’t know what to do.

]]> By: ef http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-13 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:04:55 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-13 hi, is just to inform to possible people with same problem, that i have uninstalled HP wireless assistant and i didn’t have any problem so far. i have that keyboard button to turn on/off the wireless, but still works even without HPWA. so don’t be afraid to uninstall that piece of shit. I don’t have that problem with processor! Thanks again fro the hint!

]]> By: ef http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/28/the-hp-cpu-assassin/#comment-12 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:42:55 +0000 http://superuser.blogoverflow.com/?p=467#comment-12 I have the same problem with an HP. Finally i find some explanation! Thank you very much! What i used to do is to suspend that WmiPrvSE.exe PID and computer gets to normal, when i need some of my software i turn it on for some moments, boot that software and then turn it off again, if not software like photoshop, autocad, 3dmax will not start; for sketchup and office i dont need it at all. That shit takes me 45 to 50% of processor most of the time!

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