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owainty

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March 3rd, 2015 02:00

DELLOSDService for Pirelli (32bit)

Hi

the above whatever is running on my Dell XPS 2720 and commanding 17% of CPU time all the time

what is this software doing and do i really need it absorbing such a masive amount of CPU power

Look forward to a solution or hearing from the experts on how to reduce thsi massive cpu usage

regards

DELL-Jesse L

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March 4th, 2015 06:00

owainty,

You can uninstall DellOSD from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
  • Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program.
  • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  • When you find the program DellOSD, click it, and then do one of the following:
  • Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall.
  • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  • Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove DellOSD.

RobertR11

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March 5th, 2015 12:00

Jesse L

DellOSDservice For Princeville is causing the same utilization problem on my XPS 2710, and I appreciate your instructions on how to remove it.

Would you please explain what function DellOSD performs, so that I can assess the impact of removing it?

DELL-Jesse L

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March 6th, 2015 05:00

RobertRowland,

On-Screen Display (OSD)

The OSD controls = Volume, Brightness, Mute, CD Eject, Cap Lock, Num Lock, WiFi, Input Source. All functions you could control without the usage of the OSD. Take a look at the online manual on page 115 for more information on the OSD.

XPS 2720 Online Manual

 To disable the OSD you can go to start - run- and type in MSCONFIG. Look in the startup tab or in the services tab to locate it.

RobertR11

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March 7th, 2015 05:00

Jesse L,

Thank you very much for the explanation and alternate solution to my DellOSDService problem.

I was able to "reset" DellOSDService by stopping and restarting the associated Dell WMI service in Task Manager.  This seems to have corrected its excessive CPU utilization.  If the problem returns, I will try the solutions which you suggested.

Thanks again.

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