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?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-09-01T21:42:16+00:00

    I'd recommend taking the back panel of your laptop off and getting all of that dust out of it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-30T11:16:10+00:00

    Hi ShiuabKhan,

    i have the same issue with win 10, only started a few days ago. Didn't download any new programs, everything is the same. I've tried method 1 and 2, now running a virus scan, but nothing seems to be working.

    My disk usage is 98-100% which is really annoying, and I don't want my computer to age faster because of this. The same program is still the one causing problems, named Service Host: Local Service (Network restricted) (10), but the number at then end keeps changing.

    Any ideas as to what I can do to make it go away?

    Thanks,

    O.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-29T02:51:52+00:00

    try this method see if it can solve your problem

    To Fix Memory Leaks on Non-Paged-Pool:

    Changed the registry value instead of using Autoruns:

    window + R then type regedit from that look for this 

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Ndu

    Change the Start value to 4 (for disable).

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-07-10T23:03:32+00:00

    The same problem that you're having i am having and!! i have the same computer too!

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-07-04T07:41:56+00:00

    My issue was that my cpu usage was hitting 90% when usually it stays around 18%. I found out that this was caused by the MSI command center, on my pc this aplication didnt work (it was stuck in the opining window) but I just kept it anyway. I started noticing how slow my pc was getting, I deinstalled it and at that very moment the pc started running wonderfully again.

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