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Thanks for the advice. I'm going to try that. I've had the device for 2 weeks when I noticed the CPU usage seemed high. After going through the process of turning off sync/notification/'hello' features, I began uninstalling software in an attempt to track down the problem. Eventually I reset it...

I'll give it a couple more days and avoid using Chrome for the time being. Thank you.

Chrome is installed. It wasn't running while I was watching the perf mon, and I have the option to allow 'running background' apps from Chrome turned off. Windows defender is the only AV on the machine. I have reset it and watched it for a day with no system changes - updates only - and it...

Andy, I've discovered the same problem you are having. My Surf Pro3 always idled below 1ghz so I'm also wondering if this is just a difference in CPUs. Were you able to find a solution, or have you given up?

Good morning all! I've only had my Pro 4 a couple weeks and I've noticed that the idle cpu usage never falls below 1% (1.7ghz). My SP3 used to idle lower than this and I'm not sure if I have a bad device or if there is something else going on. I've reset the device and did all of the updates...