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Save all my work, close all my programs, and reboot. So, whenever it happened, I would just reboot.

It took forever, and when I was done… well, the computer was still sitting there wasting resources. I opened up the Services window, and once I even went to kill every single service that Windows would permit me to. None of them could tell me anything useful. None of them could tell me anything, except that Service Host was the culprit. Just one moment it wasn’t wasting resources, and one moment it was.

It wasn’t a result of me opening a program, closing a program, or anything. It appeared to be doing nothing whatsoever. Shortly after doing the upgrade, I noticed the CPU would occasionally start running at 10% to 20%, like so: (See, I usually like to wait a least a year before doing things like that, to give the company time to work out the bugs… well, I suppose I was feeling a little adventurous.)

In my opinion, it’s an acceptable risk, as the only other solution I’ve found so far is rebooting anyway!Ī few months ago, I decided to take the risk and upgrade to Windows 8.1. There was that one time where I had a blue screen a minute later … but it’s only happened once.

A dialog box will pop up, warning you that the world will end, but check the little disclaimer box and click “Shut down”.ĩ9% of the time, the only thing that happens is CPU usage goes back to normal.

The processes will move up and down, making this a bit tricky, but you can do it!

Select the one that says “Service Host” - usually “ Service Host: Local System (Network Restricted) (Number)“.

Click “CPU” to sort processes by CPU usage.

Is Windows sucking up CPU power on your machine for no apparent reason whatsoever?