It takes up 80-100% of my CPU.
what is runtime broker, and why does it use so much memory?
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in task manager there is process called Runtime Broker. and it uses over 600 MB of my ram. putting my average usage at 60% on my 4 gig laptop. not noticed any performance issues yet. just a lot memory being used. makes me think of windows vista almost bc it had same issue in past. it would use all system resources.
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2015-08-06T20:51:52+00:00 So I "solved" the problem through deactivating OneDrive from Autostart. After a new start Runtime Broker had nearly zero CPU usage. It was not helpful if I only shut down OneDrive.
(Win8.1/10)
Tsk man > Startup > Disable Onedrive?
Call me stupid but just making sure.
P.S
I can easily fix this problem with a fresh boot, so it seems to happen at random; I'm not suffering as much as you guys. I'm getting about 6-15% CPU usage from this program. It's just not my cup of tea to do a boot every time I see a system hog.
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Anonymous
2015-08-05T03:29:27+00:00 My problem wit Runtime Broker it's the CPU's usage, it's using an average of 15% out of my cpu, and it's an i7-4710 for crying out loud. The memory usage it's about 11mb though.
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Anonymous
2015-08-03T19:10:56+00:00 So I "solved" the problem through deactivating OneDrive from Autostart. After a new start Runtime Broker had nearly zero CPU usage. It was not helpful if I only shut down OneDrive.
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Anonymous
2015-08-03T09:54:17+00:00 Thanks for the explanation of the DWORD coding.
I used this registry change and it finally stopped Runtime Broker from melting my laptop.
The program now sits at a nice low percentage of CPU and isn't intruding into the rest of the system.
However, the software still needs to be fixed and I find it appalling that it has existed since Windows 8 and has still not been corrected.
Come on Microsoft, respond to your customers and fix the problem!