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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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Just expand that process('Service Host' which is killing most of your RAM) in Task Manager and end task of some useless programs ; on my case I had to kill "THEME" and it worked. Remember if you kill the whole service host process it will disable NETWORK on your pc.
I had this same problem. Open up resource monitor. Some processes are not displayed on task manager and are only viable in Resource monitor. It is likely that one or more process is in an infinite loop. You can easily identify these because they take up a full logical core on your processor. I have a quad core so I look for processes taking up exactly 25% (it would be 50% for dual core). Right click on it and select suspend process (make sure all your application are closed and all data saved in case removing the process causes instability). Your CPU should drop down to a low % utilization, your laptop will be much quieter. cooler, it will consume less power, and will run faster.
If you ever feel like the fan is extra loud for what your running I would go through this check. The most likely cause for these corrupt processes is because you downloaded and installed free-ware. Although free they come with lots of piggy-back downloads and change a lot of settings on your computer.
BINGO! You nailed it my friend. I've been hunting all evening and finally found your solution which hit the spot. As soon as I changed this setting my HDD usage went from 100% to almost nothing. Thanks!!!
i did this it was all the time at 40 or 50% usage , when i stopped BITS dropped to 0% so i have to do this all the time i turn on my pc?
that prosses is what uses windows update theams and outer stuff which causes it to use a lot of your computers cpu
