Windows Software Protection Platform Service using 50% of my cpu

andrew0312

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I know that there are quite a lot of forums about this but nothing has giving me a good solution.
When I open task manager I see that the Windows Software Protection Platform Service is sometimes taking up 50% of my CPU. I've tried a lot of things to fix it but nothing has worked. I saw on a different forum on another site that said it is because I have a non-genuine windows which is true and that this protection service thing will stop using 50% of my CPU if I activate windows. Sometimes it will stop using up my cpu a few seconds after opening up task manager so I never know if it is always happening.

So I have 2 questions:
1.)Would activating windows fix my problem?
2.)Could this have an affect on my PC's performance in gaming because I have noticed that I have not been getting the framerates I should be getting in games?

Sorry if I explained things badly. All the help is appreciated.
 

andrew0312

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OK thanks so much!
Do you know if the problem could be affecting gaming performance?
 

USAFRet

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If something is sucking up 1/2 your CPU, yes.