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Recently, I have had something called WMI Provider Host in my Task Manager that is taking up about half of my cpu. How do I fix this? Thanks!

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does the activity go away after a reboot and come back later, or does it start as soon as the PC boots? –  Frank Thomas Jun 24 '13 at 16:46
I think it comes on boot but ill check right now –  colin Jun 24 '13 at 16:48
Ok, I rebooted but it is not appearing but my user says its taking more pc than it is –  colin Jun 24 '13 at 16:52
its like saying its 20% on my user but cpu says i, taking like 90 –  colin Jun 24 '13 at 16:53
Can you post screen shot, or a more detailed list? –  AthomSfere Jun 24 '13 at 17:03
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