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Old 01-23-2017, 11:15 AM   #27
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I don't use the display connections on my dock at the moment, just the ethernet and usb ports.

When using SysInternals procmon to see what WUDFHost.exe is doing, I see that it repeatedly accesses the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\DisplayLink\NivoManager.
Hello,

If you don't use the video, then a high load would have a different reason. What is high?
Ethernet and audio are also going through the same physical DisplayLink chip.
Also, whether you use a video output or not, the chip is on the USB so Windows will talk to it.

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Alban
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