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Hey there,
What the hell is this "Windows modules installer worker" thing doing in my Task Manager?
Every time it kicks in, my laptop (a Dell Inspiron i5) starts heating up like crazy—not enough to melt anything, but definitely enough to get under my skin and make me worry about the hardware. It’s super random too, like it just decides to act up for about 5 minutes every few hours while I'm working. I took some measurements (check out the screenshots!) so you can see what I mean. The first pic shows how the laptop runs when things are totally normal, and the second one shows it once it starts getting all loud and noisy. In both cases, I haven't even opened any heavy software or anything!
I'm running Windows 8.1
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Thanks in advance!
What the hell is this "Windows modules installer worker" thing doing in my Task Manager?
Every time it kicks in, my laptop (a Dell Inspiron i5) starts heating up like crazy—not enough to melt anything, but definitely enough to get under my skin and make me worry about the hardware. It’s super random too, like it just decides to act up for about 5 minutes every few hours while I'm working. I took some measurements (check out the screenshots!) so you can see what I mean. The first pic shows how the laptop runs when things are totally normal, and the second one shows it once it starts getting all loud and noisy. In both cases, I haven't even opened any heavy software or anything!
I'm running Windows 8.1
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Thanks in advance!