Service TrustedInstaller.EXE permanently active taking up to 50% CPU resources

Anonymous
2010-06-30T06:47:56+00:00

On my machine (Windows 7, 64 Bit) the TrustedInstaller.EXE is permanently active. The amount of used CPU changes permanently. 2 seconds 0 % then up to 50% (I have a dual core) for a second then down to 0.

Rebooting the machine did not help. Also a complete Virus scan was negative.

I have monitored the process with the Process Explorer tool. I can see that the process always access the same Registry key when it gets active. The key is

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\PackageDetect\Microsoft-Windows-IIS-WebServer-AddOn-2-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~0.0.0.

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Anonymous
2010-07-20T06:16:30+00:00

Hi Robear,

in the meantime I have found the process that was responsible for the trustedinstaller activities. It was the xenservice.exe that was installed together with the Citrix XenCenter on my machine. I have killed this process and suddenly the trustedinstaller.exe stopped its activities. So the problem is solved now because the XenCenter can work without this process and I will remove it from the auto

Thanks for your help.

Martin

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-05-11T19:01:51+00:00

    Hi M.Herbst,

    Follow this steps, please:

    1. Open Task Manager (you can click on Start and search "Taskmgr.exe" , without the quotes, and press Enter )
    2. Search for the program.
    3. Right click on the program and select Jump to details.
    4. Then right click the marked process.
    5. You will see different options:

        a) Set priority: Click the option, and select minimal. Proceed to b) .

        b) Set affinity: Click the option, uncheck  "all processors" and check CPU 0.

    After doing this, if it's working, you are all set. If not please contact me at ******@yahoo.com.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-05-16T14:41:09+00:00

    Trustedinstaller is standard MS shovelware.  Even ignoring the infuriating 'no- you don't own your own files- WE do' issue, it often auto-loads even when one is fully up-to-date on updates. 

    Try to manually "stop process' in Task Manager, even after one has ticked "Never check for updates", it STILL autoloads.  What MS doesn't get: we won't buy the latest version till we get usability and reliability, issues that MS sees right through.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-19T19:10:26+00:00

    I HAVE WINDWOS 8.1 I must have got a corrupt update now it want let me get any updates I tried to delete all the updates but trusted installer want let me after I delete them I was going to put them back on   WHAT DO I DO

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-06T16:22:01+00:00

    I had to change the Windows Modular Installer from Automatic to Manual for the effects of disabling Windows Update effecting it. For some reason it was running 100% of the time and I was unable to determine what using it, reported unable to find.  It will not turn off once it has started an will use up to 75% of the cpu cycles. Now once it starts it will run until the computer is rebooted which is better than 100% of the time.

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