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

Anonymous
2012-12-04T00:03:08+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-21T14:46:48+00:00

    "First of all I would like to say that I'm very disappointed with Microsoft due to their lack of response."

    This is because they have outsourced all of the customer

    service work outside of the United States!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-12T22:13:32+00:00

    Same problem.  It is using up the most but not all.  Task Manager doesn't show what is running constantly, but I can hear the disk running all the time and everything is slow.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-24T14:05:58+00:00

    hello,  Shuiabkhan

    I to was facing similar problem where. service host consumed lot of ram.

    I applied the first method,which you gave.after scanning message shown was.

    "Windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix all of them".

    if you could suggest the way to fix the problems it may make my system work properly.

                                                                                                                               thankyou

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-10-21T10:51:40+00:00

    Service Host: Local System.....

    I am having the problem with SH:LS. It uses my 100% network and even doesn't allow Windows Explorer to load my pages freely.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-07-28T08:18:04+00:00

    I am facing the same problem.. every time i start up or wake up my laptop i have to wait for a long time to do anything because my CPU remains busy with svhost.exe ....

    as i have read all the comments it is known for me that this problem is caused by the windows itself, no any harmful software is causing this issue..

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