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
    2022-02-18T17:52:17+00:00

    Upon investigation it is definitely the News and Feeds tab on the taskbar. Upon first boot the news and feeds initiates and the memory usage ramps up, it quiets down after a few seconds. Then I deliberately clicked on the News and Feeds icon on the taskbar. The memory usage immediately started ramping up and within 2mins it used all of my 16 gb of memory.

    The new update to the taskbar feature seems to be the cause and crashes the system eventually.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-18T15:20:30+00:00

    Try disabling the 'News and Interest' Feed on your taskbar for a first aid. Still dunno what causing the leak, though.

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  3. Miroslav Pragl 78,606 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-18T16:02:12+00:00

    Rightlick your taskbar and disable:

    as TEMPORARY workaround

    HTH

    MP

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-18T04:40:51+00:00

    Yes, I just had this happen to me too. I'm on a Ryzen 7 5800x and it used up 15gb/16gb RAM. I just ended the task as well. Hopefully it doesn't come back.

    This is the latest KB that was auto installed on my system today. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4023057-update-for-windows-update-service-components-fccad0ca-dc10-2e46-9ed1-7e392450fb3a

    Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor 3.80 GHz

    Installed RAM 16.0 GB

    Product ID 00330-50000-00000-AAOEM

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

    Pen and touch Pen support

    Edition Windows 10 Pro

    Version 20H2

    Installed on ‎12/‎29/‎2021

    OS build 19042.1526

    Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4170.0

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    Miroslav Pragl 78,606 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-17T18:09:43+00:00

    Hi Erosicion,

    I saw more affected users today.

    Do you have anything less common installed on your computer (3rd party antivirus, protected software ...)?

    Have you installed latest KB5010415 cumulative update preview?

    MP

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