SVCHOST memory leak and 100% single thread CPU usage
Background
I have an old Dell Windows 7 SP1 install disk being used to create images for, well, dell computers. The problem is that after installing and kicking off Windows update, one of the SVCHOST processes goes nuts and I can't install any updates.
Microsoft claims to have fixed the issue with [1]KB3050265 but this fails to fix it.
I have also tried running various scripts found online
net stop wuauserv net stop bits net stop cryptsvc deltree /Y %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution_Old ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution_Old regedit /s “WSUSReset.reg” REGSVR32 /s WUAUENG.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUAUENG1.DLL REGSVR32 /s ATL.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUCLTUI.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUPS.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUPS2.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUWEB.DLL net start wuauserv net start bits net start cryptsvc wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow
I honestly have no way of fixing this. Really frustrating as it's difficult to find a Windows 7 disk that will work with the Dell OEM keys.
Possible Fix
After downloading ~8 patches and hotfixes I think I finally found the one that works (KB3102810). However, I still need to re-install and test again to be sure.
Thanks to people on the Association of Computer Repair Business Owners on LinkedIn I found the following site http://wu.krelay.de/en/ . Though these steps are essentially the same that I worked out on my own it would have saved me many hours of troubleshooting. Plus these instructions are far more precise than what I cobbled together.
