Skype suddenly uses high CPU [ Edited ]

[dixonaiz]

Windows is not a program its an operating system 

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i still have a 600mhz  Pentium III that works perfectly running windows 95/98 (non se)

also enjoy nfs hot pursuit on my pII(passive cooled) with 64mb ram 16mb gfx card and a massive 6gb harddisk if it works it works

pitty today's game's wont run on that machine therefore i have an newer computer

for msn i use and older version (new is epixly bloated and slows even a decent computer down)

skype also an older version because the newer skype gets the more ram it starts using

utorrent etc u name if it works keep using it why would u upgrade ? 

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[balconybar]

I got auto-upgraded to Skype 5.8 the other day and ever since Skype has been running at around 50% of CPU. My PC is whirring away and everythign else is going dead slow.

I tried reinstalling back to version 5.7.0.123 but that hasn't helped. I re-start and Skype comes back strong, 49-50% all of the time.

Can anyone please help?

I've used Skype for many years and never encountered this problem before. 

I'm using Windows 7.

Thanks,

Gordon

[ynsanu]

I have installed 5.10 version and I had similar high CPU issue. I disconnected from logging into facebook and Skype CPU is almost zero.

[SgtSkype]

I also just diconnected from Facebook and went from 50% to 2% CPU usage.  My memory usage was also cut in half.

[Odyanii]

Unfortunately I'm still having this issue. I never was connected to Facebook in the first place but still have the issue of 49~51% CPU usage. It's really becoming an issue since I have other high CPU usage programs that are now barely able to get enough.

[Tamim]

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Odyanii wrote:
Unfortunately I'm still having this issue. I never was connected to Facebook in the first place but still have the issue of 49~51% CPU usage. It's really becoming an issue since I have other high CPU usage programs that are now barely able to get enough.

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Make sure Skype is not running in Compatibility / ADMIN Mode.

[Odyanii]

Yes I've ensured that it's not running in either of those modes, but it never was, and the problem continues.

[Tamim]

you can try uninstalling Current Skype with Revo (remove all registry entries)

http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

then, reinstall latest Skype 5.11 Beta with this link:
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-beta

[Odyanii]

Well, I'm afraid this still hasn't done much. I tried multiple times, uninstalling and reinstalling both the beta and 5.10. Both give me the same issue.

[Tamim]

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Odyanii wrote:

Well, I'm afraid this still hasn't done much. I tried multiple times, uninstalling and reinstalling both the beta and 5.10. Both give me the same issue.

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you can try old 4.2......

and disable automatic updating of Skype

http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows/Skype-Updates/m-p/1083326/highlight/true#M81540