Fixes an issue in which you experience high memory usage by the Svchost.exe process in Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, or Windows Server 2008 SP2. This issue occurs after you install update 2506143 or update 2506146 on the computer.

The Svchost.exe process leaks memory during update detection or update installation. Resolution. Microsoft provides the following updates to resolve these issues: Update 927891 resolves newly-discovered crashes that occur in the Svchost.exe process.

Svchost.exe process that hosts the network location awareness service crashes in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft Support.

You can use the Process ID (PID) of this Svchost.exe process that hosts the WMI service to monitor its memory usage by using Task Manager or by using Resource Manager. To determine the related PID, open a command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER: tasklist -svc. Cause.

Memory leak occurs in the Svchost.exe process that hosts the WinMgmt service in Windows Server 2012 - Microsoft Support. Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Windows Server 2012 Datacenter More... Symptoms. When you leave Server Manager running in Windows Server 2012, a memory leak issue occurs in the Svchost.exe process that hosts the Winmgmt service.

This issue occurs because the allocated memory for the Svchost.exe process is not released when Group Policy preference settings are applied or updated. Resolution Hotfix information. A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article.

You receive an access violation error in the Svchost.exe process. This process is related to the Automatic Updates service. This access violation occurs when you use Automatic Updates to scan for updates by using the daily automatic schedule or when you visit the Microsoft Update Web site to manually scan for updates.

Svchost.exe crashes after you install the RDP 8.0 update in Windows 7 - Microsoft Support. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Starter Windows 7 Ultimate. Symptoms. Issue 1.

Symptoms. On a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, heap corruption randomly occurs in the Svchost.exe process. This heap corruption causes a critical exception together with the following error code: STATUS_HEAP_CORRUPTION (0xC0000374) Notes.

Fixes an issue in which the handle count of the Svchost.exe process that hosts the power service increases on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs when a WMI query is triggered by using the Win32_PowerSettingCapabilities class.