service host local system high memory usage

[Saif_1]

Hello ,
This is my first post please kindly ignore my faults

Here is my PC configuration :

Recently I am getting notification that my memory is low, close some application to free the memory. But I wasn't running any high memory consuming programs. Then I looked into my Task manager and got this :

I am really not sure why this is taking so much memory. This Service Host: Local System continuously taking more and more memory and it moves total memory upto 80% ....
This didn't happen before I am recently facing this problem.
How I can stop this so that it doesn't take this unusual memory.

I checked windows update but no update is pending. Any help will highly appreciated.

 

[Dylan_85]

I had this same problem, this is how i solved it. Kill and disable the "Superfetch" service in "services.msc" The go to "Start->Settings->System->Notifications and actions" and turn off "Show me tips about Windows"
Hope this helps someone. This decreased memory usage for this particular service to 16.1MB and my CPU now idles at 10-15% instead of 90%

No way. Had this issue for a while, as well as some other bloat-ware I just rid my computer of. Instant drop in HDD usage from myself, probably will never get round to updating my results from this forum (all being well). Seems to be a steady 0%, which is nice!

Thanks so much! If it doesn't work then I will reply/update with affects of the CMD method.
Useful thread for anyone who dares upgrading to 10!

 

[Le_Professeur]

Hey guys, I have had this problem recently and it started happening after a Windows Update. After trying a lot of the methods I found on the web, the following finally worked for me:


1- Go to Control Panel ► System and Security ► Action Center ► Troubleshooting ► System and Security

2- Click on Windows Update

3- In the window that appears, click Next

4- Another window will then appear which will provide the 'Try troubleshooting as an administrator' option. Click it.


This should should fix the problem and no restart is required. I hope it works for you