Feeds / Search application using all of the ram

Anonymous
2022-02-17T10:44:32+00:00

I noticed that the PC started running slow today and opened task manager to see that System, Feeds (Search application) is using CPU and Disk quite heavily and as much ram that it can to pin it to 100%.

Is anyone else experiencing this behavior?

Update: Windows crashed and i restarted, same application started to ramp up again so i ended it.

Looking into events now.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-21T22:33:26+00:00

    +1 for this issue. All 8GB was eaten by the Feeds process on my Dell Inspiron 15-3567, and my laptop blue screened. Killing the process was a temporary solution.

    Device name BASH-LAPTOP

    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.90 GHz

    Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.87 GB usable)

    Device ID [redacted]

    Product ID [redacted]

    System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

    Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-21T22:23:56+00:00

    I tried to enable Feeds again two days ago and it hasn't had any ram leakage since..

    Things I've done:

    1. Restarting "Server" in Services
    2. Disabling it in task manager
    3. Enabling it again, It didn't use any ram at that point but gave som errors in the event viewer
    4. Windows did some installation mentioning search app
    5. Changed language in the news tab which had changed after that installation
    6. Ran sfc /scannow which found some corrupted files which it fixed and I restarted the PC after that

    Havn't had any memory leak or errors in event viewer since, been about 1-2 days clean..

    Time to start cleaning bloatware from windows i guess.

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  3. Miroslav Pragl 78,606 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-21T21:35:56+00:00

    How did you remove it from your registry and System 32 folder?

    Don't. Right-click on taskbar - News and Interests - Turn Off is the easiest way:

    MP

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-21T21:29:58+00:00

    I read through all the comments here. Looks like it has to do with a Windows update. I noticed the sluggishness, while I was working with a PDF program, Teams, ToDo, Google Chrome, and a few explorer windows open. I typically have this much or more open, so it was odd that it couldn't handle it. Then my browser crashed due to insufficient memory. I checked the task manager and saw that the culprit was Feeds, just like all of you guys, running nearly 100% of available memory and disk space. Fortunately I was able to end the program with Task Manager. After reading through these comments, I also disabled "News and Interests" on my taskbar. Not sure which one did it, or if this condition is permanent, but right now my laptop is back to normal. It shows that my Feeds is suspended to improve system performance, but I'm not sure how that happened. I have not tried manually downloading the latest Windows Update file. Has anybody had lasting success with this?

    My system specs:

    Dell G7 7700

    Intel Core i7-10750H 2.6 GHz

    16 GB Ram

    64 Bit

    Windows 10

    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

    Thanks for everybody who shared their experience with this, and I hope mine helps somebody too.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-21T19:39:26+00:00

    How did you remove it from your registry and System 32 folder?

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