When using some of desktop gadgets, sidebar.exe starts to eat 25% of CPU (2-core CPU with HT enabled) and 50% of CPU if HT disabled. Normally I use calendar, weather, clock and CPU/memory gadgets. In this configuration, when disable CPU/memory gadget, everything becomes fine and CPU load comes down. But I've noticed that CPU/memory gadget is not the only, who causes high CPU load. RSS, currency and puzzle gadgets causes high CPU load too. And even Kaspersky Antivirus gadget too. So I need to know how should I troubleshoot my system. I tried reinstalling system, I was trying to catch driver or update, which can cause this effect. But after installing drivers and updates everything was fine and I've notices sidebar.exe high CPU load later. I can do memory dump, capture process list, etc. Win 7 pro x64 en Core i5-661 4gb (2*2) Hynix DDR3-1333 HDD 1Tb Hitachi GA-H55M-S2H mb with F7 BIOS 450 W Chieftec PSU

what happens if you run sidebar without any gadget? you may also check on the priority level of the sidebar process in task manager. Make sure it is set to normalCESabarre Free Tech Support Bad News: There really is no such thing as Free Tech Support. Good News: Oftentimes a simple thank you is the best form of payment!

Hi, make a xperf trace [1] to diagnostic the high CPU usage. Please upload the etl file to your SkyDrive [2] and post a link here. I'll take a look at it. André [1] http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=140264 [2] http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/