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
    2017-10-21T13:29:05+00:00

    Finally, I uninstalled Hyper-V role and the CPU consume reduce to 2%... but i need it... later im going to install it again to see if the problem continues.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-10-22T01:03:53+00:00

    I have the exact same issue and have yet to find any fix.  if anyone has a fix, please let us know.

    Thank you

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-10-22T05:33:31+00:00

    So...  its back.  I insert the USB port that goes to my displaylink hub, and that caused this issue to resurface and now it will not go away.  Man this is frustrating.

    Rolling back to previous version - not ready for fall I guess!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-10-22T12:39:27+00:00

    Using MSCONFIG (or search for the SERVICES utility) to get to the Services list and then stopping Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) has worked for me nicely.  It now shows as "disabled".  I did that about three days ago and computer has been fine since.  I had the same scenario as pictured in the graphic at the top of this thread, except those out of control services was running about 14-15% rather than the 31% shown by the original poster.  Quiescent CPU usage is now 0-1% like it was before the Fall Creators Update.

    I'm assuming that Microsoft will eventually get around to correcting whatever mistake that they made and I'll be able to put ICS back on its normal startup mode (automatic, I believe).  Also saw where there is a method to disable network sharing via the "Network and Sharing Center" page on Control Panel.  I have not tried this yet since just stopping the ICS Service worked so well for me:

    http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/10/windows-10/disable-internet-connection-sharing-windows-10.html

    My two other computers, phones, televisions, receiver/amplifier, etc get their Internet connection directly from my main router either by Ethernet or WiFi so I really don't need the ICS via my main computer at all.

    By the way, I applied the Fall Creators Update to this computer, my wife's desktop computer and a notebook computer and this one is the only one of the three which had the high CPU usage problem

    Good luck to all of you and thanks to the poster above who suggested stopping the ICS service...................Jim

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