Fix Svchost.Exe Using High Memory on Windows 7,8 and 10
13Have you ever wondered what svchost.exe is and why it is running on your Windows computer?
If you open Task Manager and look at the Processes tab, you may notice there is more than one svchost.exe running on your Windows PC, and you can’t just stop it by killing it within Task Manager.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
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svchost high cpu usage
svchost high memory usage
svchost.exe high data usage
svchost high disk usage windows 10
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svchost high internet usage windows 10
svchost application error
svchost accessing webcam
svchost accessing microphone
svchost access denied
svchost crash windows 10
Svchost.exe is a generic and legitimate Windows process that loads several other critical services for proper Windows operation. But in several cases users are complaining that Svchost.exe is hogging their CPU or Memory resources without obvious reasons e.g. at moments when the user doesn’t run any programs.
In many occasions, I have troubleshooted the Svchost.exe (netsvcs) problem by using different solutions to resolve the problem depending on each situation.
From my experience, the Svchost.exe high usage problems — in most cases — occur on computers that are infected by a virus or a malware program. In the rest of the cases, the Svchost.exe (netsvcs) high CPU or Memory leak problems, can be caused by a Windows Update, or by a full Event log file or by other programs or services that start many processes during their execution. In this tutorial you can find detailed instructions on how to troubleshoot and resolve memory leak or high CPU usage problems caused by svchost {Svchost.exe (netsvcs)}.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Huawei and Samsung.