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Thunderbird & CPU

Thunderbird Troubleshooting
David Eddy replied 2 years ago
David Eddy
David Eddy

Why is Thunderbird constantly using 20% of my CPU cycles when everything else I have open is together only using ~10%?

Why is Thunderbird constantly using 20% of my CPU cycles when everything else I have open is together only using ~10%?

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David Eddy
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Turned off hardware acceleration. No running themes, just has the basic default. Rebooted. Thunderbird is still constantly eating 20% of my CPU.