{"id":4391,"date":"2017-01-30T22:09:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2017-01-31T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T12:12:36","slug":"windows-slow-performance-windows-update-svchost-exe-consumes-high-cpu-load","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/windows-slow-performance-windows-update-svchost-exe-consumes-high-cpu-load\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows: Slow Performance. Windows Update (svchost.exe) consumes high CPU load"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_4391 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_4391')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_4391').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"flattr\":{\"uid\":\"Michl\",\"status\":\"on\",\"the_title\":\"Windows%3A%20Slow%20Performance.%20Windows%20Update%20%28svchost.exe%29%20consumes%20high%20CPU%20load\",\"the_excerpt\":\"Hi%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Aolder%20Windows%20Versions%20i.e%207%2C%208.1%20and%20Server%202012R2%20have%20the%20problems%20that%20an%20older%20Version%20of%20the%20Windows%20Update%20Agent%20is%20installed%20which%20consumes%20a%20lot%20of%20CPU%20cycles.%0D%0A%20%28more%26hellip%3B%29\",\"txt_info\":\"2 clicks for more data protection:\\r\\n\\r\\nOnly when you click here, the button will be come active and you can send your recommendation to Flattr. When activating, data are transmitted to third parties. \",\"perma_option\":\"off\"}},\"txt_help\":\"When you activate these fields by clicking, information to Flattr may be transferred abroad, and probably may also stored there.\",\"settings_perma\":\"Enable permanently and accept data transmission. \",\"info_link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heise.de\\\/ct\\\/artikel\\\/2-Klicks-fuer-mehr-Datenschutz-1333879.html\",\"uri\":\"https:\\\/\\\/michlstechblog.info\\\/blog\\\/windows-slow-performance-windows-update-svchost-exe-consumes-high-cpu-load\\\/\",\"post_id\":4391,\"post_title_referrer_track\":\"Windows%3A+Slow+Performance.+Windows+Update+%28svchost.exe%29+consumes+high+CPU+load\",\"display_infobox\":\"on\"});}});\n\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div><p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>older Windows Versions i.e 7, 8.1 and Server 2012R2 have the problems that an older Version of the Windows Update Agent is installed which consumes a lot of CPU cycles.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nTwo Updates are available to fix this issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KB3177467 &#8211; Updates the Windows Servcing Stack<\/li>\n<li>KB3172605 &#8211; UpdateRollup. This brings a newer Version of the Windows Update Agent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Install it in the order listet above.<\/p>\n<p>Before installing\u00a0KB3172605 check if Windows Update has the latest Version. Latest Version are (31\/01\/2017)<\/p>\n<p>Windows 7: 7.6.7601.23453<\/p>\n<p>Windows 8.1 and Server 2012R2 : 7.9.9600.18340<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\nD:\\&gt; (Get-Item C:\\Windows\\System32\\wuauclt.exe|select-object VersionInfo).VersionInfo.FileVersion\r\n7.6.7601.23453 (win7sp1_ldr.160513-1233)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The more importent file to check is C:\\Windows\\System32\\wuaueng.dll but on Windows 8.1 powershell (17489) and explorer (18340) show different versions on the same file &#8211; strange. <\/p>\n<p>If you have these versions are higher ones, no update is requiered.<\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, older Windows Versions i.e 7, 8.1 and Server 2012R2 have the problems that an older Version of the Windows Update Agent is installed which consumes a lot of CPU cycles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[979,980,978,977,981,20],"class_list":["post-4391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windowsknowhow","tag-high-cpu-load","tag-servicing-stack","tag-slow-performence","tag-update-agent","tag-update-rollup","tag-windows-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4391"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4397,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions\/4397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}