W7 becomming unstable

[bxdobs]

Having to reboot W7 Pro 64 at least once a day in order to stop some process hog ... Event viewer review shows it is capturing 4000+ audit failures per hour for item 5157 ... something to do with a svhost communication being blocked ... looking at the detail of the PID this suggests it is related to svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted ... What is this? Is there something that can be done to resolve this issue?

Process Monitor Process Tree Tool is pointing to audiodg.exe ... is this a required process?

 

[rooscoota]

audiodg.exe at DuckDuckGo

 

[bxdobs]

Thanks ... I read that link after editing my post ... about all I take away from this link is that audiodg is required if you want audio on your pc ... there is a side note suggesting it also listens to a network port ... being the 5157 item details suggests a coms issue, perhaps the PORT connection is what is causing these continuous faults ... could this be a firewall issue ... running Free Malwarebytes, Acronis Active Protection, and MS Essentials

 

[TechnoMage2016]

It may not be your first choice, but I'd be inclined to back up my data, and then do a CLEAN Re-Install of Win-7. It kind of sounds like there is a Ghost in the Machine. (errors in the Registry)

I only say that, because, over the years that I've run Windows 7, it's gotten messed up several times, and a re-install was the best fix. That just solves such a myriad assortment of problems.
You should always have your data files backed up anyway. Eh?

TM

 

[bxdobs]

This appears to have been caused by NPCAP a 3rd party driver used by WireShark ... I had to forcibly remove NPCAP by doing a manual scrub of the Registry with Registrar ... a fresh install of Wireshark resolved the NPCAP issue ... Average CPU usage is now down in the single-digit range with no apps running