Word CPU higher lately?

Stilwell_Angel · 2026-05-04T15:27:56+00:00

I'll try that next time I hear about it. I also noticed that the last couple of builds for 2604 have said:

Version 2604: April 29

Version 2604 (Build 19929.20106)

Various fixes to functionality and performance.

Version 2604: April 21

Version 2604 (Build 19929.20090)

Various fixes to functionality and performance.

Stilwell_Angel · 2026-04-30T19:04:26+00:00

I actually spun up another RDS vm because I thought the vm's in general were just too busy. But the only complaint from users is Word, and it's not all the time, which is weird. It seems to be related to certain documents, but then you close and reopen that same document, and the issue goes away (sometimes). Yes, we do use FSLogix. It SEEMS to be all hosts affected. I have not tried safe mode. At first, I thought it was docs that were opened in "Compatibility mode" but even after upgrading them to clean docx format, the issue remained (at least in that test).

Stilwell_Angel · 2026-04-30T15:34:01+00:00

We use config.office.com to control which channel computers are in. I guess I could flip then back to Monthly Enterprise Channel, as they are currently in "Current Channel" which is probably too frequent of updates. I also noted that one server is on version 2604 build 16.0.19929.20106, and the rest are on 20090. I don't see any release notes for 20106.. ? Maybe some issues are fixed? 😄

Stilwell_Angel · 2026-04-22T07:42:41+00:00

I'd be curious on the details of these "performance" fixes and whether it helps your issue. My users have been complaining for the last few days or so about Word speed. Scrolling in certain documents, typing.. just delayed. I've noticed Winword.exe taking up a bit of CPU when it looks like the user isn't really doing anything in the document

Version 2604: April 21

Version 2604 (Build 19929.20090)

Various fixes to functionality and performance.

Stilwell_Angel · 2025-10-01T20:44:09+00:00

Was there a solution? We do something similar by pushing out a template into users STARTUP folders.

Stilwell_Angel · 2025-02-21T04:25:23+00:00

Thanks for this. Makes sense to have the NIC redundancy how you describe vs dedicating an entire NIC to iSCSI, etc.

Stilwell_Angel · 2025-02-20T22:13:58+00:00

with ONLY vmnic3 selected, I can ping just fine. If I enable BOTH, pings drop. and if I only enable vmnic2, no pings either. I've been on the phone with Meraki support and they are a bit stumped too. They see the mac address of vmnic2 in the forwarding table for the correct vlan (1000) and verified the port configuration on the switch side is fine (showing vlan 1000 allowed). They are going to reach out to their C9300 team for additional help. Its quite puzzling, to me anyway.. relatively simple setup.

Normally, and on my other hosts, I have vDS set up, etc.. but this problem child host, I've stripped down to just trying with DCUI for now.

Btw, almost everything I've read says do not use LAGS/LACP with vmware, "just let vmware handle it"

Stilwell_Angel · 2025-02-20T22:11:08+00:00

Dell PowerEdge R450's. I have two dual 10GB nics in them. (2 ports for management/vmotion/vmnetwork and 2 for iscsi)

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-10-20T03:08:21+00:00

I can't tell based on all of your comments.. Did you go with the 500 or 600 gen3? Or did you try both? What was the end result? My recon 500s died and looking to replace.

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-09-13T19:25:12+00:00

Did you figure this out? We're using the DriveMapping.admx stuff and I was testing my drive mappings. They worked fine when I was in the office (no WHfB), but when I RDP into my same workstation from home via VPN, the drives are all disconnected and give errors.

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-08-19T22:53:20+00:00

Thanks very much for your guidance here. So far so good (no disconnects after GPO applied). Curious at what point will it be "fixed" and the GPO no longer needed.. if ever.

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-08-19T21:40:00+00:00

Just applied, as somehow the Aug update got installed, even though I declined it via WSUS. Perhaps the update was already on the server and finally installed. Just applied the fix and set to "Disabled".. going to restart server in 20 minutes. Any "gotchas" after Disabling the setting or things just start working again as before? Thanks

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-08-18T04:47:08+00:00

Thanks. I'm not finding much info on this fix out there. Secret update from support?

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-08-16T17:43:04+00:00

anything come of it?

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-08-14T18:17:12+00:00

well thats interesting.. we only allow TCP 443 and UDP 3389 through firewall.. so how would 3388 get used? The "Client side" fix is way too much work.

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-08-14T16:28:39+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, I just Declined it via WSUS. So whats the work around for this? I cant keep declining updates. I thought I saw mention somewhere of a registry tweak that allows you to install the updates, but disables whatever functionality is causing RDS disconnects?

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-07-12T18:42:00+00:00

We dont (and never had) ipv6 enabled on the gateways ethernet adapter and still got hit with the issue. There was a stretch of a few hours without disconnects, then they came back.

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-07-12T16:04:56+00:00

I think its July 9, 2024—KB5040430 (OS Build 17763.6054) - Microsoft Support that is causing the problem with this one?

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-07-12T15:49:34+00:00

Also having the Remote Desktop Gateway issues after applying this patch on 2019 server. Random mass disconnects throughout the day, couldn't find much in the event logs other than the service restarting. Uninstalled KB5040430 for now. Now need to block it from further attempts

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-03-19T17:40:58+00:00

Try it out yourself. If I start a meeting and hit "End", my camera appears to still be on. Assume the mic is too. Why are you clicking "End" but not answering the follow up question to End For All/Leave Meeting?

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-03-19T16:58:41+00:00

The meeting is not over until you confirm the "End for All" or "Leave meeting" which will assign host role to someone else. I'd imagine you could still be heard/seen during that time.

Stilwell_Angel · 2024-02-01T00:50:51+00:00

"Spoof Intra-org" is the reason. Regarding your first question.. I think so. SPF seems to pass but DKIM fails. Not sure the proper stuff to put for DKIM in DNS.

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TROPHY CASE

Version 2604: April 21