DisplayFusion RSS: High CPU usage / freeze after period of idle time https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91 DisplayFusion RSS: High CPU usage / freeze after period of idle time Fri, 22 May 2026 14:09:38 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91 RE: High CPU usage / freeze after period of idle time https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#6 Fri, 25 May 2012 17:20:01 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#6 DisplayFusion Ok interesting! Would you be able to do the steps in the following post, and just reply there? That way we can keep all of the information together :)

http://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-and-sluggish-responsiveness/?ID=51d01c5d-afdf-4fd2-9ba5-9d982161162e#1372392a-258e-418d-bd5a-4aa39fc6a997

Thanks! ]]> RE: High CPU usage / freeze after period of idle time https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#5 Thu, 24 May 2012 21:16:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#5 DisplayFusion
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Ok, so it seems to be creeping up over time, as opposed to spiking and dropping?

I believe it occurs fairly abruptly.. usually I first notice it when my secondary monitors' taskbars suddenly become nearly or completely unresponsive, and/or when I hear my CPU fan suddenly rev up to cool down the processor.

And yes, once the problem starts, the DF process continually fluctuates between roughly 7% - 15% CPU utilization, and never drops back down. ]]> RE: High CPU usage / freeze after period of idle time https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#4 Thu, 24 May 2012 21:02:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#4 DisplayFusion Ok, so it seems to be creeping up over time, as opposed to spiking and dropping? ]]> RE: High CPU usage / freeze after period of idle time https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#3 Thu, 24 May 2012 20:59:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#3 DisplayFusion
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Does it seem to spike when the wallpapers are changing (assuming you have it set to randomly change)?

Erm... no. :) From my original message:

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I only use DF's multimonitor taskbar functionality. Titlebar buttons, screensaver, desktop wallpapers, etc. are all disabled.


I suspect this other issue report may be related, btw:
http://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-and-sluggish-responsiveness/?ID=51d01c5d-afdf-4fd2-9ba5-9d982161162e ]]> RE: High CPU usage / freeze after period of idle time https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#2 Thu, 24 May 2012 18:21:39 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91#2 DisplayFusion Does it seem to spike when the wallpapers are changing (assuming you have it set to randomly change)? If so, could you tell me approximately how many images you have in the folder that's selected for the wallpapers?

Thanks! ]]> High CPU usage / freeze after period of idle time https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91 Thu, 24 May 2012 02:27:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/high-cpu-usage-freeze-after-period-of-idle-time/?ID=a52b43a8-9b4e-4827-9148-0d0f33ad0b91 DisplayFusion Been having problems with DF ever since updating to v4.0. CPU usage for DisplayFusion.exe frequently and seemingly randomly jumps to around 15% (presumably 100% of one of the cores on my hexacore CPU). Often, but not always, that corresponds with DF becoming extremely slow to respond to mouse clicks, and sometimes it becomes completely unresponsive and can only be fixed by killing the process and restarting DF.

I only use DF's multimonitor taskbar functionality. Titlebar buttons, screensaver, desktop wallpapers, etc. are all disabled.

I've searched the forums but the only similar reports I see are related to using other software (Bins, EA Origin, etc.), none of which I'm using.

The only other unusual thing I've done lately is to add another monitor to this system via a USB video adapter (EVGA UV+19)... I can't think of any reason why DF would have problems with that though...?

I can submit a troubleshooting log if needed, but I'd prefer to do it privately as this is a business system. I haven't tried the latest DF beta either for similar reasons -- it's a production development system and I use DF heavily so I'm hesitant to risk making things worse. ]]>