High CPU for multiple processes Microsoft 365

Anonymous
2024-01-01T17:07:45+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T12:56:02+00:00

    Hello my friends,Here I solved the problem by running the command sfc /scannow and restarting the laptop. No more processes of "odt____.tpm", sometimes had more than 5 processes using 13% of CPU each process

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T13:42:13+00:00

    A coworker had the same problem and he suggested to disable this program "Program" in the startup section of the task manager and then restart. It solved it for him.

    "Program" is very fishy. This is a Microsoft Cloud PC so YMMV. Would be interested if you people have the same entry there.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T14:05:42+00:00

    I have 2 of this "Program" enabled. If I disable it, will it stop the updates we release with Intune?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T14:15:43+00:00

    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.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T21:00:05+00:00

    Quick question about your intune deployment method when deploying office are you guy's removing previous versions? Has anyone tried to do so ?

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