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

2016-01-17T06:07:45+00:00

Remember this when running the scan... It takes a good amount of time for it to run!!! 😝
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Anonymous

2016-01-30T23:11:41+00:00

Hello.

I encountered the same issue and performed the first method that you recommended; it returned a message stating that Windows found some corrupted files but was not able to delete them. A CBS.log file was created but it's quite long and not very easy to understand; which is the next step that I should take now?

Thanks in advance
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Anonymous

2016-01-30T23:46:39+00:00
Remember this when running the scan... It takes a good amount of time for it to run!!! 😝
- Save the log file to your desktop.
- Double click the file to run -****you may be asked to allow the program make changes to your computer please click yes.
- When the scan is completed the window will close and sfcdetails.txt will open in notepad.
- Copy the log and post it in your next reply
Best of luck!
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Anonymous

2016-03-05T05:58:47+00:00

thank you. Method 2 works too.
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Anonymous

2016-03-08T15:30:00+00:00

Apparently all I have at my "party" is windows...
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