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netsvcs memory leak, need assistance identifying and fixing
My Windows 10 Pro laptop has a serious memory leak going on. If I leave it on overnight, I will often come back in the morning and memory usage will top 90%.When I check my processes, I see Service Host: Local System is where this is happening. When I drill into the services, I see that netsvcs services are causing it. The services running are:
- AppInfo
- BDESVC
- BITS
- Browser
- CertPropSvc
- DoSvc
- gpsvc
- IKEEXT
- iphlpsvc
- LanmanServer
- lfsvc
- ProfSvc
- Schedule
- SENS
- SessionEnv
- ShellHWDetection
- Themes
- UserManager
- Winmgmt
Things I Have Tried
- Stopping some of these indivually with mixed (temporary) results. One time stopping lfsvc (geolaction service) and iphlpsvc (ip helper) dropped the memory usage a bit but it eventually climbed back up. People suggest stopping BITS, but this didn't help either.
- I have tried running the Windows 10 Update Troubleshooter. It claims to have found and fixed issues every single time I run it, but in the long run, it's no help.
- sfc /scannow and DISM. I ran these and they found some issues, which I fixed with a Windows 10 Pro ISO to repair. Still I have a memory leak.
- Registry Updates. Updated TimeBroker and Superfetch per this article
- Full Anti-Malware Scans. No issues found with Norton Security Suite or Spybot
- Updated Killer Networking Drivers. No luck
Any assistance on running this down is much appreciated.