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lsass,exe leaking resources (handles)
I noticed yesterday extreme handle usage on my system, over 120k handles, of which 80k were due to lsass.exe which is a unkillable process. The security accounts manager service is not stoppable also which uses lsass.exe.
Today after I rebooted I see its not a one off problem and its leaking handles again. Seems about 1k handles per hour.
I dont fancy rebooting every few days (previously I rebooted once a month for updates).
any idea how to solve this without reinstallng the OS.
right now it seems the most likely cause is a recent windows update I installed.