[8.1Upd3 x64] High CPU usage "Service Host: Local Service"

[jimhabegger]

Computer: HP ENVY m6
System: Windows 8.1

Description of problem:
The CPU usage of "Service Host: Local Service" containing "Windows Firewall," "Diagnostic Policy Service," and "Base Filtering Engine," is continually above 15%, often above 30%.

CBS.zip: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Av5Ncfd11KdWzD6eKWuGQnRRkMz3

SFCFix log:

SFCFix version 3.0.0.0 by niemiro.
Start time: 2018-01-11 11:23:49.047
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update 3 - amd64
Not using a script file.




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Finish time: 2018-01-11 12:00:28.699
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[Sysnative Windows Update]

Re: High CPU usage "Service Host: Local Service" (Windows 8.1)

Hello, are you having any SFC or windows Update issues?

 

[jimhabegger]

Re: High CPU usage "Service Host: Local Service" (Windows 8.1)

I'm not having any SFC issues or windows Update issues that I know of, other than SFCFix saying that it was unable to fix all the issues. My issue is with the computer overheating occasionally, and when I looked at the CPU column in the task manager, I saw this happening. I did some searching on the Internet, and saw other people having the same problem, with no one offering any solution that I wanted to try. I saw some people speculating that it might have something to do with Apple device management.

 

[Sysnative Windows Update]

Re: High CPU usage "Service Host: Local Service" (Windows 8.1)

SFC is clean. I would suggest you start a thread in the Windows 8 forum here to get more of an insight. We specialize in Windows Update issues here.