shaneturner12
Tutorial Creator
Hi Trainzers,
This will mainly be of interest to HP or possibly Compaq laptop/notebook owners as it is touchpad as well as HP related.
After some looking in Task Manager earlier after having several unexpected slowdowns and pauses particularly when gaming, I came across something interesting (as well as a fix not long after).
The cause at that particular point was a process that is part of HP Touchpoint Analytics Client which was using over 50% of the processor for no apparent reason and slowing everything else down. It often happened in bursts and fairly randomly.
The main purpose of this is apparently to collect analytical information relating to touchpads but is seen by some as possible spyware as well as causing processor usage spikes.
The fix for this (as I found not long after) is to uninstall the Touchpoint Analytics Client using Programs and Features (or Add/Remove Programs for older Windows versions like XP). On mine it was listed as HP Touchpad Analytics Client but it may be different on other machines. I haven't noticed any ill effects from doing this either.
Hopefully this helps.
Shane
This will mainly be of interest to HP or possibly Compaq laptop/notebook owners as it is touchpad as well as HP related.
After some looking in Task Manager earlier after having several unexpected slowdowns and pauses particularly when gaming, I came across something interesting (as well as a fix not long after).
The cause at that particular point was a process that is part of HP Touchpoint Analytics Client which was using over 50% of the processor for no apparent reason and slowing everything else down. It often happened in bursts and fairly randomly.
The main purpose of this is apparently to collect analytical information relating to touchpads but is seen by some as possible spyware as well as causing processor usage spikes.
The fix for this (as I found not long after) is to uninstall the Touchpoint Analytics Client using Programs and Features (or Add/Remove Programs for older Windows versions like XP). On mine it was listed as HP Touchpad Analytics Client but it may be different on other machines. I haven't noticed any ill effects from doing this either.
Hopefully this helps.
Shane