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Windows 7 Firewall services consuming all CPU

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Mar 15, 20268942 views
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I have Windows 7, 64-bit, installed on two computers: my Dell Dimension 5150, and my Dell Latitude D830. Today's gripe is this: Sometimes I look at my CPU usage thingie and I see something like this: On my Dimension 5150, this state can go on, uninterrupted, for hours. After a certain amount of tim…

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