I had installed KB3146706 and got a couple of BSOD's on shutdown. Apparently if EMET is used it can cause application hangs especially if KB3147071 is also installed.
Actually I removed both updates - rebooted - and reinstalled KB3146706.
There have been no more problems.
http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...s-reboot-process-post3239525.html#post3239525
I saw it was unchecked & decided to leave it be for now, saw your post on it & EMET, which I am running on this OS. Thanks for the info on that. I'll get to checking for the other update & uninstall/reinstall both at a later time.
You know, when it comes down to everything, why are we being forced to jump though hoops just to get security updates? MS apparently doesn't care about it's 7 customers anymore or just hopes they'll switch to Ten.
The fix suggested by Thrash worked on the 7 64 happy, I have yet to address the 7 64 on this PC, but I'm seriously investigating some of the tools in the link I posted (4 tools to update windows offline) to see about getting my updates another way.
Ding ding ding.
It doesn't take a detective to surmise that whatever is causing the slow searches and high memory usage from the svchost(s), came from a previous windows update. Accidentally, sure however, it is apparent that MS is in no hurry to find a solution for the problem or worse, simply is not concerned about finding one anytime soon.
I usually leave WU turned on, but set to never download and do so monthly manually however, the high memory usage that the svchost recently began to use was alarming, so I disabled the update service and magically the problem went away (which is strange since it was set to never download, yet the process was running high as if it was searching in the background despite my wishes)
I thought this may have been an isolated issue, until I recently went to my mother's house. While there, I updated her computer for her, which I always do and thus, have the same setup on her computer as mine and noticed the same issues. The first thing she said to me was how the fan was running so loudly lately and described that she was experiencing noticeable lagging. Granted her setup is on an old vista era, bare minimum requirement capable 7 machine, but she had never had such problems until the last month or so. (at least, to her recollection)
After disabling the WU, her machine was running smoothly again, but I began to think about what she and many others like her would have done if a shiny "get windows 10" icon was sitting in her icon tray (it isn't as I made sure there is zero trace of 10 on the computer) With one click all those problems could go away, hassle free.
Again, I don't think MS would have deliberately sabotaged people's setups however, whatever the reason, people
are having issues with the updating process and MS seems to care very little about as much. In fact, this little incident looks to have become a happy accident in terms of "convincing" people to upgrade to 10, as the solution, if there is one seems rather complicated fro even people like us on the boards, let a lone the average user. MS may or may not have a solution to this situation, but in any case, they're aren't in any hurry to fix the problem, which judging from a variety of forums (here and others) and personal experience, this has been going on for a while now.
Disappointing to say the least as it almost seems like a strong-arming tactic that can easily be played off as accidental ignorance on MS part
), but I still feel like they're slowing down our updates so that we'll update to 8.1 and then 10, or straight to 10 from 7.
