Fall Creators Update Resulting in High CPU Use By Service Host

Anonymous
2017-10-18T03:41:50+00:00

Hi,

After updating to the new version, I am seeing high CPU use from two processes:

Any ideas on how to make them not use a lot of CPU so that my laptop cools down and the fan stops blowing?

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Anonymous
2017-11-01T23:47:18+00:00

Hi all, 

Had the same problem myself and found the solution which is quite simple :

Go to settings -> update & security -> Windows Defender -> Open Windows Defender -> Firewall & Network protection

Then you need to disable the firewall for all the types of networks

once that's done click on restore settings

That should do the trick and you're cpu usage should return to normal.

Hope it helps, it did for me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-10-20T17:45:00+00:00

    Actually, the dependency means that the Base Filtering Service needs to get going OK before, ICS can finish. So, if the BFE can't start properly for some reason, ICS will keep waiting, failing, restarting.

    A couple more threads talking about this issue:

    https://superuser.com/questions/1260614/after-windows-10-fall-creators-update-a-svchost-exe-instance-is-constantly-usin

    https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/95844-fall-update-v-1709-creates-problems-cpu-usage-desktop-wallpaper-4.htm

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-20T17:57:04+00:00

    Since I managed to resolve it permanently...  I will try to remember the exact steps (probably not possible since it was late and I ended up rebooting probably 6-7 times before it got resolved).

    First, I toggled "block all incoming connections including those in the list of allowed apps" back to the default not checked state (rationale was to put things back to a state that is normal for most users).

    Then I ran the network troubleshooter... which I don't think really did anything.

    Then I hit "Network reset"

    Then I removed all network interfaces in device manager

    After doing that and rebooting - it was still causing problems.  But then I killed the process - resulting in a BSOD - and on reboot - the issue was gone.

    After putting my network stuff/config all back to what they were (for the most part) - the issue has not resurfaced.

    Hope that helps!

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-20T18:00:31+00:00

    Also...  at some point I did a fresh windows 10 install on this laptop - so its not a remnant of some past update from 8.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-10-21T13:06:01+00:00

    Since I managed to resolve it permanently...  I will try to remember the exact steps (probably not possible since it was late and I ended up rebooting probably 6-7 times before it got resolved).

    First, I toggled "block all incoming connections including those in the list of allowed apps" back to the default not checked state (rationale was to put things back to a state that is normal for most users).

    Then I ran the network troubleshooter... which I don't think really did anything.

    Then I hit "Network reset"

    Then I removed all network interfaces in device manager

    After doing that and rebooting - it was still causing problems.  But then I killed the process - resulting in a BSOD - and on reboot - the issue was gone.

    After putting my network stuff/config all back to what they were (for the most part) - the issue has not resurfaced.

    Hope that helps!

    This didn't work for me.  I'm very disappointed with this las update.

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