Microsoft Supportability e-Newsletter

Symptom SVCHOST high CPU. If stopping the Automatic Update service, the high CPU issue disappears. You can use the following method to verify whether it is AU caused SVCHOST high CPU. 1. Run the command to find the PID of SVCHOST which is running on Automatic Read More...

Microsoft is aware, through recent customer feedback, that some enterprise customers have been experiencing Unexpectedly high cpu utilization or system unresponsiveness issue when they apply Microsoft updates to certain workstations or servers. Customers are experiencing this when they use Microsoft System Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or a later version together with the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU). Customers also experience this issue on computers that are running the Windows Update Agent (WUA). Read More...