Comments on: How to fix: Svchost.exe (netsvcs) memory leak or high CPU usage problems https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/ Windows Tips & How-tos Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:23:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Mariya https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-346809 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 05:23:32 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-346809 Thanks for sharing this useful information here.

]]> By: Dotternetta https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-329446 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 07:10:01 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-329446 Thank you very much!! The last tip did it!

]]> By: Marc https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-329096 Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:43:34 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-329096 Thank you guys, i was close to a nervous breakdown.
My laptop Win7 was so slow, memory consumption was 95% even though i left the system idle. But no CPU issue.
I followed solution 3 and step 1 of solution 4 and … miracle! netsvcs went down from 1,5GB memory to 50 KB !!!
thank you so much, everything is back to normal now on my laptop!

]]> By: Mitchell https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-328617 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:15:14 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-328617 thanks this helped a lot!!! :)

]]> By: Jørgen Sørensen https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-327789 Sat, 02 Sep 2017 17:25:55 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-327789 Hi
Just to add: My wife never has long sessions – just some email checking – which means that the search in Windows Update was never finished. Next time she opened the pc the list of updates has probably become even longer and the search was even farer from being complete…

]]> By: Jørgen Sørensen https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-327744 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:04:23 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-327744 Hi
I updated my wifes old Vista to Windows 7 SP1 and had the high CPU usage by svchost.
After having tried some of the suggestions at this page i gave up… almost…
Set Windows to run over night and after 10 and a half hours the search for updates were completed. After one more hour all the updates were downloaded. And after additional 7 hours all updates were installed. Windows Update runs like a charm now. And no high CPU usage by svchost any more. Patience did the trick.
Jørgen

]]> By: Sharad Kumbharana https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-326692 Sun, 06 Aug 2017 21:23:21 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-326692 Thanks Buddy.. Solved my 2 year old problems..

]]> By: Kwaq https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-325991 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 11:51:36 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-325991 For me, on Windows 7 systems problem is solved everytime (I'm an IT serviceman) after installing KB3138612. Either after fresh install or on already used system – does miracles, fixing the SVCHOST memory hog. Note: you need to have SP1 installed, but it seems problem doesn't occure before Service Pack install. KB3138612 comes in x86 & x64 and different languages, so pick suitable for your system.

]]> By: William https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-325976 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:49:14 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-325976 Folks if it helps at all, I managed to fix my problem completely. Win 7 Home Premium x86 (dell E5510). Windows Update wouldn't work properly (just kept going round in a loop "checking for updates" with 25% CPU load). I tried the update troubleshooter but it gave me a 0x80070057 error (everything else was fixed). So I followed the advice from 'MoxieMomma' HERE:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/636165/problems-downloading-windows-updates-kb3020369-and-kb3172605/?p=4151368

System said I already had kb3020369 so I went ahead and installed kb3172605 whilst being disconnected from the router and disabling Windows Update (both in the Windows Update program and by stopping the service). Following a quick reboot I set Windows Update back to Auto (delayed Start). By George..it appears to have worked. It's telling me I need Updates AND letting me download and install them. To be honest I am contemplating whether or not it's actually better to set it to manual and put a big sticker on the laptop saying "manually update every 3 months or let me check"..I prefer human intervention with these updates so as to weed out any er, how can I put it, irregularities with stuff we are told we need (or force-fed) but actually don't (like the free Windows 10 upgrade lol).

Oh, and whilst it's telling me it's found some updates..the CPU load is close to 0% (1st Gen Core i-3 @ 2.4 GHz). Yipee! All this may not be directly related to what some users here are encountering, but I thought I'd share it in case it helps.

Previously neither the Update Troubleshooter nor readiness tool appeared to solve it; it was good old kb3172605. Half of me would like to know the exact cause of this error, which so many people seem to be suffering, the other half is just mentally shattered after 6 hours of deleting folders, resetting the update procedure, looking in the registry etc. I hope this is of help to someone. If I get any probs I'll update them here. Thanks again. Take care.

]]> By: William https://www.wintips.org/how-to-fix-svchost-exe-netsvcs-memory-leak-or-high-cpu-usage-problems/#comment-325974 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:10:08 +0000 https://www.wintips.org/?p=20699#comment-325974 Thanks very much for your advice. I too have the dreaded CPU hog (25%), which I am confident is associated with Windows 7 Update. This on a pre-configured Dell machine I'm supposed to be fixing. I tried everything in this guide and it didn't fix it however I have learned more about the way Windows works; that sometimes the only answer is a re-install and that guides like this are invaluable for the majority of users. I set Windows Update to manual and hey presto: almost negligible CPU usage. I intend to use Belarc Advisor or 360 A/V (both free) to check what potential updates are available – I say "potential" because I always advice reading what the update actually does before you take the plunge. So again, thanks a lot for your diligence. In most cases your advice has worked a treat in one form or another. All the best.

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