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Fix Intel Technology Access Service.exe high CPU usage
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Windowsis an extremely complicated piece of software. At times, someprocessmay start hoggingall the available resourcesof your system leading to instability issues. Just like theIntelTechnologyAccessService.execauses highCPUusage for some users.
What is Intel Technology Access Service?
The Intel Technology Access service is a part of Intel Online Connect Access. Intel uses theprocessto provide a safe and secure way of making fingerprint touch payments.
Basically, theprocessis related to yourLaptop’sfingerprintaccess and includes a built-in two factory authentication system for security. It sometimes goes rogue and thus its respective service, IntelTechnologyAccessService.exe, consumes large portions ofCPUand HDD processing.
However, the service can often create problems with the system resources and leave the user with little to no resources to perform other actions. You can easily disable the service, following the steps given below.
How do I fix Intel Technology Access Service high CPU?
Method 1: Disable Intel Technology Access Service
If you don’t want to remove all the functionalities that come with this Intelprocess, you can simply disable theprocessfrom auto-restarting from the services window. Here is how to do it.
After the restart, open the Task manager and check if the IntelTechnologyAccessService.exe service has started again. If the issue persists, you can uninstall the program to fix the issue.
Method 2: Uninstall Intel Management Engine Components
The IntelTechnologyAccessService.exeprocessis a part of a tool called Intel Management Engine Components. If you want to remove the software, you can uninstall the software from the Control Panel or Settings.
Create a Restore Point
Before trying to remove or uninstall any of the system related or hardware related programs, it is recommended to create a Restore Point. If anything goes wrong, you can easily roll back the changes through the Restore Points. Here is how to create Restore Points inWindows 10.
You can proceed with deleting/uninstalling Intel Management Component once the Restore Point is created.
Alternatively, you can also remove it from the Settings interface.
That should deal with the IntelTechnologyAccessService.exe process for good. If you have further issues with it, make sure to tell us in the comments section below. We might look into alternative ways to solve it.
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Tashreef Shareef
Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.
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