The lack of transparency boggles the mind. Right-click on the process and choose Stop option. Install the latest version of Windows Update Agent. I looked in the task manager and sorted processes by highest memory usage,. The laptop I was working on is done and updated 100%. Right-click on the service that you want to close and choose stop services option.
Until twenty-four hours later when I started suffering horrific slowdown with my ram usage up to 97%, sometimes freezing the computer. This was extremely encouraging, because half of the battle was won by knowing what was causing the problem. Even after trying every fix found on the interwebz. As soon as I disabled the Windows Update Service the cpu went from 50% plus usage to a few percent. I was finally able to identify the nsi service as at least part of the problem. Seems too technical term to handle? Hey guys, I seem to be having issues with this particular process on my desktop.
Many viruses or malicious programs can cause the svchost. If you confirmed it is a virus, you better to use the below guide remove that malware. Or that might be on other computer. My main desktop has win7 installed and is running fine, so I don't see it being a network problem, plus the problem persists even with all ties to the internet cut, no WiFi or Ethernet etc. So if your computer is effected by svchost. This means that on any given day my computer is rarely running for more than an hour before being put in standby, and on most days the cumulative sessions are unlikely to exceed 7 hours.
After one more hour all the updates were downloaded. After that, click on the Services button to access the Windows services. It's been over a year since I have updated my computer. In one isolated case it even happened on a fresh install! Select the Detect problems and apply the fixes for Recommended option. I was investigating this issue for a week and was wondering if I am making an even bigger problem of it.
In other computers, the svchost. It was necessary to disable the service while in Safe Mode. It is a generic host process name for services which runs from dynamic-link-libraries dll. Recreating SoftwareDistribution folder did not work for me. Hi, I would suggest you to try the steps provided below and check if it helps. Why my computer is not connecting to internet? They take hours to update after a new install of Win.
Its not even like its idle memory consumption cause I can't even load internet explorer on these boxes. So, make sure that you check your system for malicious program or virus that may be infecting your system before you try to fix the Svchost. In many occasions, I have troubleshooted these Svchost. I have included a couple of links where others get high cpu with svchost. For windows vista for now need to stop windows update.
It was clear the problem was a svchost. Did you first confirm your computers compatibility for Windows 7 64bit? Just in case if any of you are trying to do this on a slow internet link may take ages and might think your windows update is not working again. Following the advice has rejuvenated my 8+ year old vista pc. Soon as I stopped that, cpu usage went back to normal. Every time I accidentally unplug the internet wire the svchost. It could take a day to.
Scan your computer for viruses. I followed solution 3 and step 1 of solution 4 and … miracle! With the experience we got with this test, is that the Svchost. Solution3 and some tricks of solution4 did the thing! That's when I found 3 hours ago your solution. How can I fix this its driving me nuts. If a particular service is using svchost.