Home computer use: Windows 7: task manager, audiodg.exe, and AudioSrv
The tutor shares some experience about investigating a computer that is running fast.
When no-one is using a computer, and it’s not meant to be doing anything in particular, it might be expected to be idle. Sometimes, however, the Windows 7 computer I use runs fast anyway.
Today I opened the Task Manager from the Search box in the Windows Start menu. In the Performance pane I clicked Resource Monitor. The CPU pane lists the programs using CPU resources, in descending order.
A program called audiodg.exe figured prominently; I looked it up and found it to be associated with the Windows Audio service. At the time, no audio was playing. Perhaps, however, a memory leak can happen with it.
To stop audiodg.exe from using resources when no audio is being used, a suggestion I inferred from Microsoft is to restart the Windows Audio service (AudioSrv). In the Resource Monitor, below the CPU pane, the Services pane can be selected. Within, AudioSrv can be selected, then right-clicked, revealing Restart Service as an option. It seems to have worked for me.
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Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.