bingdesktop.exe over 20% CPU

Anonymous
2013-04-02T09:16:53+00:00

Hello,

Bing Desktop (bingdesktop.exe) constantly uses more than 20% of my CPU. 

I'm running W7 on an i7 quad-core with 8GB,

Does anyone know how to fix this?

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Anonymous
2013-04-06T11:42:40+00:00

Hi,

I found a solution: uninstall and reinstall! It works perfectly now: CPU used = 0% and the background picture is correctly refreshed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-04T11:08:10+00:00

    Phew, I am not alone, glad to see that :)

    My Bing Desktop version: 1.2.115.0

    http://sdrv.ms/YxHhfD

    Screenshot

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-04T07:24:39+00:00

    Hi,

    I have the same problem.

    Since the weekend Bing Desktop (bingdesktop.exe) constantly uses around 25% of my CPU and the backgound picture does not refresh anymore.

    It happens on both of my laptops, btw.

    Bing version: 1.2.113.0

    Would be great if this could be fixed...

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-04-03T18:37:00+00:00

    Hi I've got the same issue as Anil Kumar B with BingDesktop.exe, it takes over 40% of CPU usage for 2 or 3 days now. I'm running Win8 on a i7 2677M with 4Gb of memory. And the Bing Wallpaper doesn't reffresh any more !Got the 3th of march wallpaper. Didn't install anything for few days.

    I think this is not an web browser problem as you suggest it but a Bing Desktop application problem.

    Could you please help us !

    Thanks.

    Regards.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-04-03T12:44:27+00:00

    Thanks for your reply.

    I have several web browsers installed. IE9 is primary. Others are Opera, Chrome, Safari and FF.

    But I don't understand your question.

    My question was about "BING Desktop", the installed software that changes the wallpaper of my system to the daily picture on BING.

    I do not see any sense in using safe mode. 

    In safe mode the resolution is low and BING wallpaper makes no sense.

    I do not see the reason for method 1. This is not a browser related problem. Anything else I do with IE9 runs just fine.

    I have checked my Computer with several security/adware/malware scanners, including a boot from a AN rescue CD - nothing found.

    I have used process explorer from Sysinternals to find the processes that peak.

    bingdesktop.exe eats up 25% constantly.

    The process properties reveal the one thread is responsible for the CPU load.

    ntdll.dll!TpCallbackIndependent+0x238

    Regards

    Mano

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