Windows Font Cache Service

[jhwk6957]

I wanted to make a thread to get the forum's opinion on if this is the best course of action. My device has been having performance issues for a couple of weeks now. The performance issues were most noticeable when I was using the report development side of Business Objects. Using the Resource Monitor and Task Manager I was able to identify the service, Windows Font Cache Service, as the primary cause of the performance issue. At times it would be consuming 70% of the CPU. I disabled the service, and have seen no negative impacts, and a substantial performance increase.

Doing some research into Windows Font Cache Service appears to keep fonts loaded so applications load more quickly.

Is this the best course of action to resolve the problem? The laptop is an IBM T420. i5-2520M, 4GB Ram, Windows 7 32Bit.

 

[PTNL]

I've not heard of this, but am interested in seeing how this progresses to identifying a root cause...

Does this happen with all or some reports that you generate? If only some (or at least not all of them), have you been able to isolate what aspect of the report causes the CPU to spike? For example, if you ran a report that only used a single generic font (such as Times New Roman), would you get the same result?

You'll also need to clarify about the OS's involved, where certain pieces are done, and some hardware specs.

 

[bigdogchris]

I usually set it to Manual and don't have any problems. It even says it's optional in the description.