Question Having a problem with "ntoskml.exe"

[Roger R]

Dell Vostro 7500
I7-10750, GTX 1650, 16gb Ram, windows 10 pro

"ntoskml.exe" starts running randomly,can not attribute to
any application. causing delays in whatever I'm doing.
Have to run "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" (does not always work) or reboot to stop.
Has occured after closing Firefox, Chrome, Excel, Freecell, Hoyle card games etc.
Have all the updated Dell and MS drivers.

How do I determine what is causing this

 

[RyzenNoob]

memtest86+
ntoskmnl.exe seems to be a common problem these days

 

[Colif]

If only the solution was to simply delete it... i wonder how well windows would work

NTOSKRNL = windows kernel. It handles all driver requests, power management, and memory management. It sits between Hardware and Applications.. It does almost everything on your PC.

Stopping it means windows would also stop. The only way to stop it is a restart but ironically it has to start again before windows can do anything for you.

define running randomly. What is the problem??

 

[Roger R]

Dell Vostro 7500
I7-10750, GTX 1650, 16gb Ram, windows 10 pro

"ntoskml.exe" starts running randomly,can not attribute to
any application. causing delays in whatever I'm doing.
Have to run "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" (does not always work) or reboot to stop.
Has occured after closing Firefox, Chrome, Excel, Freecell, Hoyle card games etc.
Have all the updated Dell and MS drivers.

How do I determine what is causing this

Running randomly = high cpu usage with no apps running

 

[Colif]

ntoskrnl is always running.

Ntoskrnl.exe (Short for Windows NT operating system kernel) otherwise known as kernel image, is a system application file that provides the kernel and executive layers of the Windows NT kernel space, and is responsible for various system services such as hardware virtualization, process and memory management, thus making it a fundamental part of the system. It contains the cache manager, the executive, the kernel, the security reference monitor, the memory manager, and the scheduler.

Fix: High CPU or Disk Usage by Ntoskrnl.exe on Windows 10

Several users have complained on Reddit and other Windows forums about memory leaks associated with ntoskrnl.exe. They have reported high RAM and CPU

appuals.com

Now one cause for it using lots of CPU is outdated drivers, have you gone here and clicked detect drivers - https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/vostro-15-7500-laptop/drivers (I saw you say you had newest drivers, just checking)
Try running a Malware scan

why doesn't dism always work? what error you get?
Have you run sfc /scannow as dism just cleans image, SFC cleans the system itself.

 

[Roger R]

ntoskrnl is always running.

Fix: High CPU or Disk Usage by Ntoskrnl.exe on Windows 10

Several users have complained on Reddit and other Windows forums about memory leaks associated with ntoskrnl.exe. They have reported high RAM and CPU

appuals.com

Now one cause for it using lots of CPU is outdated drivers, have you gone here and clicked detect drivers - https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/vostro-15-7500-laptop/drivers (I saw you say you had newest drivers, just checking)
Try running a Malware scan

why doesn't dism always work? what error you get?
Have you run sfc /scannow as dism just cleans image, SFC cleans the system itself.

• Dell drivers checked weekly
• dism completes but no change in cpu usage
• will run sfc/scannow and advise

 

[johnbl]

• Dell drivers checked weekly
• dism completes but no change in cpu usage
• will run sfc/scannow and advise

ntoskrnl
nt = new technology
os= operating system
krnl = kernel

the file just shows its old roots.
os/2 name was incremented each letter to NT/3 later they remove the pm interface and put on a windows interface when Microsoft broke up with IBM. Over time it was later renamed to windows and the old windows was thrown in the trash.

anyway you should use this tool to find out what is using your cpu
Process Explorer - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs
find the process, and right mouse click to bring up properties. then find out what is actually running. then we can figure out what it should be doing.

 

[Colif]

the file just shows its old roots.
os/2 name was incremented each letter to NT/3 later they remove the pm interface and put on a windows interface when Microsoft broke up with IBM. Over time it was later renamed to windows and the old windows was thrown in the trash.

Microsoft like to recycle

 

[bonkers_bananas]

i've been having a similar issue since march and im at a total loss, just tried a fresh install of windows 10. i've since: booted from active killdisk as uefi and ran 0's on all my drives then, ran memtest, installed amd chipset drivers, gpu drivers, bios update, sfc /scannow, and gave msi live update 6 a whirl and i still have 2 dump files since. swapped mobo's from a b450 to a x570 hoping that was the issue and ive even checked other ram sticks out of friends builds and i still BSoD randomly, i'm ready to hurl mounds of money at it just need to know what im replacing.

in case you wanna rip into them here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhOEGPPq1NBwgtNqh7tA9YwSpKsB4g?e=OEQKn1

 

[Colif]

i've been having a similar issue since march and im at a total loss, just tried a fresh install of windows 10. i've since: booted from active killdisk as uefi and ran 0's on all my drives then, ran memtest, installed amd chipset drivers, gpu drivers, bios update, sfc /scannow, and gave msi live update 6 a whirl and i still have 2 dump files since. swapped mobo's from a b450 to a x570 hoping that was the issue and ive even checked other ram sticks out of friends builds and i still BSoD randomly, i'm ready to hurl mounds of money at it just need to know what im replacing.

in case you wanna rip into them here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AhOEGPPq1NBwgtNqh7tA9YwSpKsB4g?e=OEQKn1

i get frustration but you already have a thread on that so shouldn't really hijack another thread

in case john beats me to it, its this thread - https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/my-pc-has-been-bsoding-since-march.3672590/#post-22119517

 

[bonkers_bananas]

i get frustration but you already have a thread on that so shouldn't really hijack another thread

in case john beats me to it, its this thread - https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/my-pc-has-been-bsoding-since-march.3672590/#post-22119517

my apologies, i wasnt trying to hijack the thread just more or less provide insight as i've gone as far as to swap hardware and so fourth to stop the issue with no avail. once again my apologies.

 

[Colif]

This ntoskrnl thread isn't about a BSOD though, most are but this is the system is using too much CPU.

ntoskrnl often gets the blame when the PC crashes, as its the central processor for the PC. Almost every action you ask PC to do is handled by ntoskrnl.

 

[Roger R]

ntoskrnl
nt = new technology
os= operating system
krnl = kernel

the file just shows its old roots.
os/2 name was incremented each letter to NT/3 later they remove the pm interface and put on a windows interface when Microsoft broke up with IBM. Over time it was later renamed to windows and the old windows was thrown in the trash.

anyway you should use this tool to find out what is using your cpu
Process Explorer - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs
find the process, and right mouse click to bring up properties. then find out what is actually running. then we can figure out what it should be doing.

This has been no help. ntoskrnl.exe!SeAccesscheckWithHint+0x1c620 is what is running but this leads me nowhere Have to restart my laptop frequntly.

 

[Colif]

seems to effect laptops = https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkP...CPU-SeAccessCheckWithHint-0x1c620/m-p/5050451
I don't know what the actual command means though
SeAccesscheckWithHint+0x1c620 is specifically the address i see around. John may know what it means.

some clues it might be tied to indexing.
try rebuilding the search index and see if it helps = https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/58569-rebuild-search-index-windows-10-a.html

 

[Roger R]

seems to effect laptops = https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkP...CPU-SeAccessCheckWithHint-0x1c620/m-p/5050451
I don't know what the actual command means though
SeAccesscheckWithHint+0x1c620 is specifically the address i see around. John may know what it means.

some clues it might be tied to indexing.
try rebuilding the search index and see if it helps = https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/58569-rebuild-search-index-windows-10-a.html

Rebuilt search index, problem appears less frequent, not sure I can attribute that to the rebuild