windows 10 svchost.exe (netsvcs) process is hogging my CPU

[Kevin Dts]

I'm now facing an annoying issue with the svchost.exe (netsvcs) process in Task Manager. It's currently using a lot of my computer resource, the CPU.

I can't kill it because my computer won't let me do so from Task Manager.

What do I need to do in order to fix this error? 

[Kevin Dts]

I was getting this issue a few days ago and I submitted the question to a few forums to ask.

After diagnosing and find out the reason, it seems the Windows update build #1067 has issues and when upgrading to it, it isn't compatible with my current apps and configurations.

According to a tip from this post, I have uninstalled the update (actually rollback the update) and svchost.exe is no longer hogging my CPU resource.

I would recommend you in the case of encountering the same issue like me, check whether you have recently installed any Windows updates or not.

[Steve K.]

On 1/13/2017 at 1:53 AM, Kevin Dts said:

would recommend you in the case of encountering the same issue like me

That's great @Kevin Dts - thanks for passing on the update on this one. I'm sure it will help out a lot of ppl with the same issue.