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Casel002's avatar
Casel002
Aspirant
Apr 04, 2019

A7000 CPU usage

Hi, just wanted to post this to ask a quick question.

 

I don't entirely understand why, but even just idling, the A7000 Genie MFC Application seems to use anywhere from 18% CPU to 28% CPU. This being the genie application that came with the download disk to setup and use the Antenna.

 

Any thoughts why it's doing this and how to fix it?

 

Oh, nearly forgot to include this, but I'm currently running the most up to date version of Windows 10, and the Netgear Genie is saying the Antenna is running on Version 1.0.0.15. (Though i could be reading this wrong and giving the Genie's current version instead)

4 Replies

  • Blanca_O's avatar
    Blanca_O
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Apr 14, 2019

    Hi Casel002

     

    Welcome to NETGEAR Community! 

     

    You can uninstall the NETGEAR Genie utility for the A7000 and use the built in Windows wireless manager to connect to wireless networks instead.

     

    Regards, 
    Blanca 
    Community Team

    • Blanca_O's avatar
      Blanca_O
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Apr 17, 2019

      Hi Casel002

       

      We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.

       

      Regards, 
      Blanca 
      Community Team

      • Casel002's avatar
        Casel002
        Aspirant
        Apr 18, 2019

        Actually, I have still been having issues. When I uninstall the Genie, my does not seem to find the Antenna. I've tried searching for it as a device but I'm not having any luck so far.