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If you’re seeing many svchost.exe items hogging your CPU usage, you’re not
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alone. Many Windows 10 users are reporting this problem. No worries, it’s
possible to fix. Here are 4 fixes for you to sort it out. 
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What is svchost.exe?  in Windows

According to Microsoft, svchost.exe is:   [Fixed] tcpip.sys Blue

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Windows 10/7/8
“a generic host process name for services that run from
dynamic-link libraries”.
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In simpler words, it’s a legitimate Windows process when running certain on Dell Laptop,
Windows operation. But in certain cases, you may see svchost.exe process Desktop or Tablet
hogging the CPU or memory resources in Task Manager without apparent (Windows 7/8/10)
reasons. 
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Here are 4 solutions for you to try. You may not need to try them all; just work
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1: Scan your computer for viruses resolution [Solved]

2: Disable certain svchost.exe services  A Media Driver Your

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Step 1: Scan your computer for viruses

High CPU or memory usage of svchost.exe services can be caused by viruses Popular
or malicious programs. So run your antivirus program and scan for possible Knowledge Base
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2) Click Details. Right-click the svchost.exe process using high CPU usage and › Knowledge Base
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3) You’ll go to a window with highlighted services that run under the

svchost.exe process. 
4) Right-click one of the processes and click Stop to stop it. 

5) Repeat the steps until you locate the faulty process. 

6) Once you find the faulty service, click the Open Services button and go to
the Service window. 
7) We’re using Windows Update service as an example. Right-click Windows
Update and click Properties. 

8) Change the Startup Type to Disable, then click OK and restart your
computer. 
9) See if the problem is resolved. 

3: Empty event viewer log

Large log files in Windows event viewer could cause excessively high usage of
CPU or memory. To fix that, you can clear Event Viewer’s log: 

1) On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R key at the same time,
then type eventvwr and press Enter. 

2) On the left side of the pane, click Application under Windows Logs. On the
right side of the pane, click Clear Log….
3) Repeat the same procedures to clear the Security, Setup and System logs. 

4) Restart your computer after this. 

4: Troubleshoot Windows Updates

issues 
If something is wrong with your Windows Updates settings, svchost.exe will
see abnormal increase as well. To fix it: 

1) On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to
open a Run command window. Type services.msc and press Enter. 
2) Right-click Windows Update and click Stop. 

3) Go to This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Windows and

delete SoftwareDistribution folder. Restart your computer.

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If you don’t have the time, patience or computer skills to update your drivers
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Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct
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You can update your drivers automatically with either the FREE or the Pro
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2) Run Driver Easy and click the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan
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3) Click the Update button next to all flagged devices to automatically

download and install the correct version of their drivers (you can do this with
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Or click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version
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LostinBerlin • 2 months ago

Deleting the Event Logs looks to have done it for me. Went from 95+% disk usage to <5%. Thanks
for this.
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Gedalya Guttman • 3 months ago

I had to disable Domain Firewall.
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Rize Kamishiro > Gedalya Guttman • 2 months ago

how did youdo dat?
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William Grijalva • 5 months ago

Thanks a lot!
It was the "Windows Update" service who was making my pc work too much.
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Sean Fulop • 9 months ago

This put me on the right track, but some problems are more complicated. In my case, the offending
svchost process was Windows Management Instrumentation, which is a process necessary to the
system and cannot be stopped permanently or disabled. So then I had to trace down which active
software was "monitoring" stuff that was causing this process to run too much. I think it was
Malwarebytes, but I am still verifying.
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Rachel • a year ago

Thank you so much. I don't understand why but it worked!! :)
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