Apology accepted. I work in Tech Support so I know what it's like. I never blamed you if that's what you think. I hope the IT Gods send patience your way!
So you're saying the process says it's sending high amounts of Bits, but not really sending through my network or using Bandwidth to my ISP? Just internal bandwidth? Hmmmm
I investigated further. I think it has something to do with the Streamdeck Apps. You can install mini apps inside of it:
https://github.com/exension/hwinfo-streamdeck
I will try contacting streamdeck and tell them about this strange app they are letting inside their device. I would suggest...
Part 2 of test. I am now going to close hwinfo.exe and see if the process goes away.
I closed HWinfo... The B/sec is steadily dropping....
70,000
60,000
40,000
30,000
etc etc
...
60 seconds later and it has settled an average of 20,500 B/sec
Weird.
I right clicked the hwinfo.exe and clicked...
I have a fresh restarted computer. I have stopped many extra services and background apps. hwinfo.exe is not running in Process monitor.
I am now going to open HWinfo...
hwinfo.exe is now running and is in my running process list.
You're calling this coincidence still?
If you don't believe me...
I cannot find hwinfo.exe on my computer. Do you have a suggestion on how I can better search it?
I downloaded it from here:
https://www.hwinfo.com/
Also, is this information outdated?
http://windowsbulletin.com/files/exe/iobit/driver-booster/hwinfo-exe
"HWiNFO.exe is an executable file that...
Good Lord. You're a staff member? And you talk to users that way? Very condescending way to treat your users.
I have resource monitor open. I turn on hwinfo. Then on resource monitor hwinfo.exe pops up. I quit hwinfo. hwinfo.exe goes away from my resource monitor where it was uploading a bunch...
I have done further testing and I am pretty sure this is related to HWinfo. I reinstalled HWinfo. The hwinfo.exe was not in my resource monitor. Then I turned HWinfo on and it started again. Even right clicking it and ending process would not help. It was not until I quit HWinfo that it went...
Trying to find why this is?
I have uninstalled it and it still does this even after a restart.
Screenshot:
Only thing that stops it is right click and End Process Tree
Clicking End Process only does not stop it.