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    Question service host: diagnostic policy service high power usage

    ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi, again apologies for the time taken. In between fighting this dying unit and trying to find work there's not a lot of time left... so I very much appreciate your help. Here are the readouts from the four cmd instructions run; sfc /...
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    Question service host: diagnostic policy service high power usage

    Hi, apologies - the power supply is a Corsair RM750 - I put in new about 5 years ago. I've tried to attach a screenshot from today in the task manager.
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    Question service host: diagnostic policy service high power usage

    Here goes: OS; Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Computer type: Desktop Installation Date: 18/06/2020 01:26:35 Serial Number: Windows Security Center User Account Control (UAC) Enabled Notify level 2 - Default Windows Update...
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    Question service host: diagnostic policy service high power usage

    I have "speccy" on the PC that gives "everything" do you want it in that depth, or can I attach a text file readout?
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    Question service host: diagnostic policy service high power usage

    Thank you for the help too...
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    Question service host: diagnostic policy service high power usage

    Read the reliability record and it is spattered with errors - software and hardware - but the hardware reports don't give identification of the component... for example: - - - - - - Description A problem with your hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly. Problem signature Problem...
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    Question service host: diagnostic policy service high power usage

    Having same issue and short term I just turned the service off. Of course it's on again when I restart - so turning it off seems to be the short term - wondering if I go into management and tell it not to start on boot up would that cause issues?