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Boggin:
You can mark the thread Solved by going to your opening post, click on Modify and add (SOLVED) to the thread title, but have you gotten this month's Windows Updates yet ?
rgm:
Willy: The second tab is CPU, but I eventually found wuauserv, and it is the one I mentioned as the svchost.exe at 25.
Boggin: Windows Update says it is up-to-date, although it says Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.225.1250.0) failed.
Either: "I have 17 svchost.exe's listed [in Windows Task Manager Processes]; is that normal?"
Also, if I disable the Windows Update service, do I have to manually check for updates every Wednesday?
Thanks.
Boggin:
I have 12 svchost.exe showing in mine, but you can right click on each and then Go to services but unless their memory usage is high as well as your CPU then you don't need to bother about them.
Windows Update service should be set to Started and Automatic (Delayed).
Setting it to disabled would probably just result in a never ending Check for updates when you did manually check.
Once you have gotten your monthly updates you could set it to disabled and then when the second Tuesday of each month comes around - reset it, but 25 is quite low so I doubt that will cause you any problems.
If the CPU is showing a very high usage then go to Processes, click on Show processes from all users then click on Memory and that will sort them to the highest user first.
If svchost.exe is the top user and the memory usage is high then right click on it and select Go to services to see which is the highest user of that group.
When you are in a hot climate then the external temps can have an affect and some have had to stick an electric fan next to their machines.
When you next switch it on from cold, run just HWMonitor and monitor the temps.
If they are high with just minimal load, then I think you should consider having the thermal paste renewed.
What was the error code for the Windows Defender update fail ?
rgm:
Checked and either it didn't stop or it restarted, but I didn't disable, just stopped...I think. Anyhow, checked, and it's set as you said.
Is replacing thermal paste something I can do, like get a tube of paste, unscrew some screws, remove, apply, replace? Or does it require soldering or some other thing best left to an expert? (It might be cheaper/safer to get a fan and some ice cubes! lol) But right now, I haven't been having a problem, so it may be an "ain't broke don't fix" situation.
Windows update failure that doesn't seem to be available to try again [I was doing a check for updates, but it was taking forever; big storm started coming through; electricity went off, so I guess I'll just send this now while UPS has battery.]:
Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.225.1250.0)
Installation date: 7/12/2016 11:27 AM
Installation status: Failed
Error details: Code 800705B4
Update type: Important
Install this update to revise the definition files used to detect spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed.
Boggin:
If it's okay then I would leave it as you would know if you had an overheating problem due to the paste requiring changing.
This tutorial describes the best way to apply it, but I'd Google for how to do it on your make and model of computer if and when it would be required.
http://www.wikihow.com/Apply-Thermal-Paste
Are you using MSE as your antivirus program ?
The best way to stop Windows Defender update errors is to turn off Windows Defender if that is the only one that fails.
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