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 may spike the CPU usage to 100 percent during update detection or update installation. Also, the Svchost.exe process causes the computer to stop responding for various lengths of time.

Fixes an issue in which the CPU usage of the Svchost.exe process that hosts the WMI service (Winmgmt) hits 100%. Or, the computer takes too much time for the startup process to occur.

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. To resolve this issue, install the Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 cumulative update 2811660.

Fixes a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 issue in which the Svchost.exe process uses too much memory. Additionally, a memory leak occurs in the Svchost.exe process.

When the computer is under a heavy load, the SVCHost.exe process that hosts Remote Desktop Services crashes, and all the remote desktop sessions are disconnected.

When you are using a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the Svchost.exe process that hosts the network location awareness service crashes intermittently.

When you have a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1), the Svchost.exe process that hosts the RasMan service crashes every few hours or days.

Fixes an issue in which you receive a "STATUS_HEAP_CORRUPTION (0xC0000374)" error code when heap corruption occurs in the Svchost.exe process. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

After a while, some applications or services that are running on the computer stop working. The Group Policy client service runs in an instance of the Svchost.exe process.