"svchost.exe (netsvcs)" is hijacking my whole bandwidth !!!

[solom_129]

greetings all

from day one with windows 10 i noticed that -at times- my PC acts like its not connected to the network though my router is up and working !

at first i thought it was the windows automatic update, but after i -as advised- configured the BITS to the maximum of 10 kbps, nothing changed !

what could it be and how do i end this please ?

note: dont get me wrong here, i know that "svchost.exe (netsvcs)" is how windows -or other apps- gain access to the internet, my question is: why is it taking my whole bandwidth while it should only utilize the idle part of it ?

and how can i "correct" this i.e. force it to utilize only the idle bandwidth, instead of having to constantly "end the process" from the "resource monitor" time after time !

thank you in advance

 

[Colif]

if PC is idle, why does it matter if it is downloading things while you aren't using PC, beats it fighting with you for bandwidth when you are using it.

how do you define the idle part of bandwidth?

You could Download Process explorer and run it as admin (it comes from Microsoft so its safe)

If you click on the process heading, it changes the view - the default view is tree structure meaning like your task manager screen, it will show what processes are under each service, but unlike task manager, it shows the usage of each part so you can see what is eating your bandwidth

I normally use this to find memory leaks but if you right click the header column, and choose Select Columns, Process Network you can add the recieved and sent bytes columns (Or others, I wasn't sure which is best) and see what is using the most data at a given time

This page shows what all the colours and headings mean, link at bottom of it shows how to use it to find problems. You can right click services and run an av scan from within the program.

I don't know if it will help exactly but it will help you figure out what is using netsrv at that time.

 

[solom_129]

if PC is idle, why does it matter if it is downloading things while you aren't using PC, beats it fighting with you for bandwidth when you are using it.

how do you define the idle part of bandwidth?

You could Download Process explorer and run it as admin (it comes from Microsoft so its safe)

If you click on the process heading, it changes the view - the default view is tree structure meaning like your task manager screen, it will show what processes are under each service, but unlike task manager, it shows the usage of each part so you can see what is eating your bandwidth

I normally use this to find memory leaks but if you right click the header column, and choose Select Columns, Process Network you can add the recieved and sent bytes columns (Or others, I wasn't sure which is best) and see what is using the most data at a given time

This page shows what all the colours and headings mean, link at bottom of it shows how to use it to find problems. You can right click services and run an av scan from within the program.

I don't know if it will help exactly but it will help you figure out what is using netsrv at that time.

1st off thanx for your reply

maybe i didnt phrase it right, i meant the idle part over time i.e. when its idle, like in windows 7 where you didnt notice its downloading unless you check the resource monitor, coz it used to stop the sec. you start downloading / browsing etc.


i've tried process-explorer before and its no good for me as i dont have a virus or a single program thats causing the problem, the problem happens when ANY program uses svchost.exe (netsvcs) ! it just takes the whole bandwidth and my firefox keeps telling me theres no connection ! so its not a single program be it ms-update or not.

i once read that the real cause of this is that windows cant determine my real net speed so it calculates the used portion of bandwidth by my ethernet speed, but i dont know how to change that and make it the same as my real net speed !




any help please ?

 

[Colif]

try running this in command prompt \>sc config wuauserv start= disabled
you may need to be in an elevated command prompt if you are the main/administrator account you should be fine or just right click the windows button in the bottom left and then select Command prompt (admin)

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3203508/svchost-exe-netsvcs-internet-bandwidth.html

Try going to here, click upgrade now and download upgrade assistant. If you run it, will install latest (as of today) version of win 10, this might fix this (Its possible since this problem seems to have started with last version update which was July last year)

 

[solom_129]

try running this in command prompt \>sc config wuauserv start= disabled
you may need to be in an elevated command prompt if you are the main/administrator account you should be fine or just right click the windows button in the bottom left and then select Command prompt (admin)

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3203508/svchost-exe-netsvcs-internet-bandwidth.html

Try going to here, click upgrade now and download upgrade assistant. If you run it, will install latest (as of today) version of win 10, this might fix this (Its possible since this problem seems to have started with last version update which was July last year)

greetings

as for the "sc config wuauserv start= disabled" command line, internet says its to do with windows update !

1- i have windows update to notify me before downloading any update so i know its not it.

2- i dont want to disable windows update its useful i only want that whatever it is to stop when i start to use the bandwidth instead of having to end the process manually again and again !

as for the 2nd option MCT is still downloading so i'll let you know !

thanx bro

 

[Colif]

top one was just a fix I found when 1st one wasn't good enough. you might find actual cause on new version of win 10 as they have separated services more. In 1607 they all in groups but for better troubleshooting ,all services have their own lines in task manager now so might help if update itself isn't good enough.

we shall see