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Tim Hunter
Dec 09, 2020Steel Contributor
WMI Provider Host
I am trying to resolve an issue with WMI Provider Host process that is consuming a ton of CPU/Memory. I have seen several resolutions on Google searching, however, none seem to really fix the issue. ...
Dave Patrick
Dec 09, 2020MVP
Something here may help.
High CPU usage by WMIPRVSE.EXE process at regular intervals - Windows Server | Microsoft Docs
Tim Hunter
Dec 09, 2020Steel Contributor
- Dave PatrickDec 09, 2020MVP
How about if you restart it? Maybe something useful found here find the PID and look it up Task Manager\Processes.
- Tim HunterJan 05, 2021Steel Contributor
- Wappat124Aug 06, 2021Copper Contributor
Tim Hunter did you ever find a solution to this problem. I am in the same boat as you, none of the event ID in event viewer match what is going on in task manager
- Tim HunterJan 05, 2021Steel Contributor
When I look at the events in Event Viewer, none of the PIDs are in Task Manager anymore, so I cannot restart them.