# High CPU usage on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [September 24, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/high-cpu-usage-on-windows/18420 "2024-09-24T04:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/high-cpu-usage-on-windows/18420/11 "2024-09-30T08:48:05Z")
Make sure this extension isn’t already installed. > [@Cursor Helper (Plugin) is killing my M1 CPU](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-helper-plugin-is-killing-my-m1-cpu/2305/10): > > I think I nailed it down. The Extension Import Cost is messing up and running in combination with cursor into a loop that is basically blocking all other processes. This extension is utter bullshit because it uses normally already way too much resources, but it’s not crashing the extension runner in original VS Code. Here in cursor the chat seems to use something that is kicking that loop over the top and grilling your CPU. So not really a problem of cursor. So this is the shit extension that … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.cursor.com/t/high-cpu-usage-on-windows/18420)._