Installing W7Pro64 yeilds 100 pct CPU utilization

[BarkingGhostar]

OK, so I installed my licensed copy of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit edition onto a VM in Virtualbox has a host under the Linux Mint 18 guest. The initial install goes just fine. The M$ license is a pre-SP1 version. Immediately following I am presented with a handful of security updates, but most of them are related to .NET framework. In fact, I am not offered SP1 until after + security updates are installed.

Before installing SP1 the VM acted normal, as expected. After SP1, which was included with another handful of important/security updates things change dramatically. Within a minute of restarting the VM the CPU jumps to 100% for svchost for net services, and is consuming 1.5GB of RAM. I tried to find a solution, but the fact that the only browser at the time was IE8 wasn't helping.

I couldn't get the Windows store (website) to install another version of IE because IE8 was too old. I had to use IE8 to install Firefox so I could use the Windows store to install IE11. Jesus, M$, you are truly that hateful toward W7 users (rhetorical)? Anyway, once IE11 was installed it offered to do a variety of seemingly non-IE11 related tasks, some of which I allowed.

Right now the IE11 initiated activities cannot complete because the svchost is causing the system to crawl. I ideas from those that have experienced this and found a working solution. If I try to terminate the process (or the tree) it just restarts in less than a minute.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Well Son Of a Brainfart ... I got the idea to set this renegade process' priority and that worked. 😀

 

[VirtualLarry]

Probably Windows Update. Look at the sticky in the OS forum for how to install the convenience roll-up and other related fixes, to get Windows Update working right for a fresh Win7 install.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

After setting the priority to Low I was then able to find and download manually a specific update for this issue. I implemented it and recovered. I was then able to run Update normally and get the next batch of updates (+245). I still find it comical on the IE8-->FF-->IE11 requirement, though.

 

[C1]

Good to know as from time-to-time this all consuming "svchost" process issue happens also to me. (I my case, when it happens, once I disable the process manually then it remains deactivated.)