how to disable svchhost -- takes up a lot of CPU usage

[Straitsfan]

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.

 

[fireberd]

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

 

[Holmes177]

You can temporarily(or permanently) turn off windows update. That is usually the culprit.

 

[Megahertz07]

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 http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/
I myself had a issue with it.