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Referring to forum thread - https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Software-and-How-To-Questions/High-CPU-usage-when-screen-turn...

It was indeed one of the background tasks. I used the "resource monitor" and found out it was something Windows Defender related, so I delayed those tasks.
I found the tasks which were eating up the CPU when the display turns off. How exactly did you delay those tasks? I can't see how to do that. If I right-click on the process in the Resource Monitor I get the following options only:

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Some guidance would be greatly appreciated.

 

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