Remove Office Software Protection Platform Service

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Strongly recommended that you not disable the Software Protection service. This method shows you how to Start/Stop Software Protection from Services.msc. Aug 08, 2017  microsoft software protection platform service high cpu marius2017 Dec 3, 2016, 11:25 AM Hello I'm running a brand new system (win 10 pro) with no problems until a few days ago, when i started to get some small stutters in youtube or amp music player while browsing in chrome. In task manager i get 'microsoft software protection platform service.

Hi,

Each Method/step below progresses to the next if the first does not fix any corrupted files that are found, etc.

Have you read this Microsoft information about repairing corrupt system files and errors?

'Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files'

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Remove Office Software Protection Platform Service

And these eightforums.com Tutorials are very detailed for problems resulting from SFC Scan:

'How to Run 'SFC /SCANNOW' Command at Boot or in Windows 8 and 8.1'

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Read this Section there in conjunction with the rest of the information they give in above link.

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If SFC could not fix something, then run the command again to see if it may be able to the next time. Sometimes it may take running the sfc /scannow command 3 times restarting the PC after each time to completely fix everything that it's able to.
If not, then run the Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth command to repair any component store corruption,

Office Software Protection Platform Service Cannot Be Found

Repair-WindowsImage -Online -CheckHealth
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -ScanHealth
Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth

Restart the PC afterwards, and try the sfc /scannow command again.
If still not, then try using OPTION ONE above to run the sfc /scannow command at boot
If still not, then you could do a refresh of Windows 8, or run a System Restore using a restore point dated before the bad file occured to fix it. You may need to repeat doing a System Restore until you find a older restore point that may work.
If still not, then you can use the steps in the TIP box in the OPTION THREE section to manually replace the files that SFC could not fix.

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'How to Refresh Windows 8 and Windows 8.1'

Refreshing your PC goes like this:

  • The PC boots into Windows RE (Recovery Environment).
  • Windows RE scans the hard drive for your data, settings, and apps, and puts them aside (on the same drive).
  • Windows RE installs a fresh copy of Windows.
  • Windows RE restores the data, settings, and apps it has set aside into the newly installed copy of Windows.
  • The PC restarts into the newly installed copy of Windows.

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'How to Reset Windows 8 and Windows 8.1'

Install Software Protection Platform Service

'When you reset your PC, the drive will be completely reset, and all your apps and files will be removed from it. Windows 8 will be reinstalled, and you'll need to change any settings and reinstall any apps that you want to get back after resetting. If you know if any files that you don't want to lose, then you should back those files up before starting the reset'

Office Software Protection Platform Service

Cheers.

The Office Software Protection Platform service is generally started on demand when a user has started Office, however, there are license types which can start the service otherwise (such as those using a Key Management Server). As for stopping the service, there are several reasons we do not automatically shut down the service by default. These reasons are based on Office's cross OS version compatibility, communications from our users about their Office usage profile, preferences, resource usage profile, and differing ways in utilizing the service between Office and Windows.
That said, while we do not default our service to timing out after inactivity, if this is something your organization values, you have the ability to control this. You may set the following registry key:
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftOfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform
ValueName: InactivityShutdownDelay
ValueType: DWORD
ValueData: The number in seconds, that the Office Software Protection Platform will stay running for, after the most recent activity. The windows default for this is 300 seconds.
After setting this key, simply restart the Office Software Protection Platform Service to use the new settings.