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In the last several days I have noticed my laptop CPU fan blowing constantly. The culprit seems to be 4 identical processes using the same amount of CPU as each other continuously hovering at about 8-12%. This keeps the fan blowing 24/7.
The Task Manager shows the Process name as "Microsoft 365 and Office (32 bit)" and no Office applications are running. When I view the details the executable names are "odt____.tmp.exe" with the underscores representing some 3- 4-character hex value, e.g. C67A.
I can end the tasks but they come back after a time and the CPU fan turns on again.
What are these processes and can I turn them off?
TIA
BTW, I tried to include a screenshot, but the image upload doesn't work.
Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
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Can any of you try to upgrade BIOS and see if the problem persists? And let me know if this works. Thx.
I am investigating the windows search service now also
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Quick question about your intune deployment method when deploying office are you guy's removing previous versions? Has anyone tried to do so ?
I have no idea. But a process called "Program" with no publisher is suspect enough for me to disable it without questions. For all I know this is a virus or worm. If this is a legitimate Microsoft program then they should behave like a responsible party and not call it that.
I have 2 of this "Program" enabled. If I disable it, will it stop the updates we release with Intune?