A process called Service Host: Local System is using up all of my laptops resources

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My laptop has been running very slowly for the past few days which is weird because my laptop is quite powerful and has always run very fast. I looked at my task manager and saw that a process called Service Host: Local System was using up almost all of my RAM. I am running Windows 8 Pro on a Sony VAIO S13P. What can I do to fix this problem?

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Anonymous

2015-11-03T07:58:00+00:00

are you a bot? whats with the generic response? the question is what is service host local system process.
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Anonymous

2015-10-28T20:39:13+00:00

Its A SCAM DONT DO IT
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Anonymous

2015-09-18T18:41:08+00:00
I HAVE FOUND THE ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!

what Ithink has happened is that you have set the possessor to adjust to the background apps, not programs.

what you need to do:
1. go to your version of this: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\System
2. click on change settings in the 'Computer name, domain and workgroup settings' section
3. go to the advanced tab.
4. there is a button under processor scheduling (near top) that says 'adjust for best performance of: Programs or Background services.' select Programs.
This should fix it. When i restarted my PC it went back to Background tho :( just remember to apply it
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Anonymous

2015-09-03T00:30:14+00:00

Thanks, Method 2 worked for me on win 10, disk usage dropped back to normal, thanks a lot!
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Anonymous

2015-09-02T23:51:53+00:00

not helpful at all. just kicked the can down the road.
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