Just would like to know how to go about disabling certain processes that take up a lot of CPU usage. I run 7 in Parallels for some work that I do, and certain processes take a lot of processing time. I would like to know how to disable them to speed things up, etc.
I know it's somewhere in system or resource monitor, but can't quite remember.
See this from Microsoft on what svchost is and what you can or cannot do about it.
Abnormally high CPU usage from svchost.exe [SOLVED] - Microsoft Community
You can temporarily(or permanently) turn off windows update. That is usually the culprit.
As mentioned, it's probably Win update.
See if it is working manually: %windir%\system32\wuapp.exe startmenu
If it runs forever, it's Win update. Then post a treat at this forum on https://www.sevenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/
I myself had a issue with it.
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