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WMI consumes more of your CPU gradually, but it's hard to identify the specific process responsible

WMI consumes more of your CPU gradually, but it's hard to identify the specific process responsible

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Silvinha10
Senior Member
694
02-10-2023, 10:41 PM
#1
I'm facing some problems with WMI recently. Checking it up seems unusual. I've tried a few fixes, such as restarting the WMI service, but I keep getting access denied. Looking at Event Viewer shows outdated error IDs, making it hard to identify which service is running. Restarting the PC helps now, but after about a week it starts again. Specs:
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Silvinha10
02-10-2023, 10:41 PM #1

I'm facing some problems with WMI recently. Checking it up seems unusual. I've tried a few fixes, such as restarting the WMI service, but I keep getting access denied. Looking at Event Viewer shows outdated error IDs, making it hard to identify which service is running. Restarting the PC helps now, but after about a week it starts again. Specs:

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Oto1216
Junior Member
7
02-10-2023, 11:33 PM
#2
You're able to do that too—just right-click and select the file location, including any sub-service shown in WMI within Task Manager (the screenshot isn't fully visible).
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Oto1216
02-10-2023, 11:33 PM #2

You're able to do that too—just right-click and select the file location, including any sub-service shown in WMI within Task Manager (the screenshot isn't fully visible).

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Daniel244
Junior Member
14
02-21-2023, 02:14 PM
#3
No related services appear in the task bar. When accessing the Event Viewer, I need a PID to determine which client is active in the Task Manager and restart it if necessary.
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Daniel244
02-21-2023, 02:14 PM #3

No related services appear in the task bar. When accessing the Event Viewer, I need a PID to determine which client is active in the Task Manager and restart it if necessary.

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Superlettuce19
Senior Member
370
02-22-2023, 01:47 AM
#4
That sounds a bit unusual... I meant to guide you through Task Manager: click on the services, then open the file location, take a screenshot of each path. Once done, perform a full malware scan with Malwarebytes on each drive individually.
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Superlettuce19
02-22-2023, 01:47 AM #4

That sounds a bit unusual... I meant to guide you through Task Manager: click on the services, then open the file location, take a screenshot of each path. Once done, perform a full malware scan with Malwarebytes on each drive individually.

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Plofan
Member
50
02-26-2023, 01:13 PM
#5
The only spot is here. The scan displays only a few Android emulators I used for a while before things changed.
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Plofan
02-26-2023, 01:13 PM #5

The only spot is here. The scan displays only a few Android emulators I used for a while before things changed.