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Latest Windows 10 Update Leads to High CPU Usage
Windows 10 has caused performance issues for some users. Windows Latest reported Saturday that problems with Windows 10 Build 18362.329, which debuted with the KB4512941 cumulative update, have caused high CPU usage issues.
KB4512941 was released as an optional update on August 30. Microsoft said in a knowledge base article that the update was supposed to address numerous issues affecting Remote Desktop, Windows Sandbox and other aspects of Windows 10. (The company also said that it would be phasing Out the Edge browser's support for ePUB files, which are typically used for eBooks, "over the next several months." More information can be found here.)
Windows Latest said that numerous people have completed about high CPU usage problems after installing the update, however, purportedly because of an issue with Cortana. The virtual assistant's SearchUI.exe process has reportedly been used 30-40% of the CPU as well as 150-200MB of memory since installing the KB4512941 update. But those resources are being totally wasted - the Cortana window opened from the Taskbar fails to load.
It's not clear why Cortana decided to be a processor hog with the KB4512941 update. What is clear, however, was the fact that members of the Windows Insider Program reported these problems to Microsoft via the Feedback Hub before the update was made available to the public. Those reports appear to have slipped through the cracks; now people who install the optional update are sacrificing a significant portion of their CPU to Cortana.
Issues like these have become something of a trend with Windows 10 cumulative updates. An update in April led to performance issues, a May update broke Windows Sandbox, and an August update caused networking problems on Surface devices. Other cumulative updates have simply failed to resolve the problems they were made to address. At this point it's harder to explain why people should install these updates than they might want to wait.
Windows Latest said that some users solved the problem with Cortana by deleting a registry key, but unless one of the update's improvements outweighs the hit performance, it's probably easier to simply uninstall the KB4512941 update until Microsoft addresses the issue.
Windows 10 has caused performance issues for some users. Windows Latest reported Saturday that problems with Windows 10 Build 18362.329, which debuted with the KB4512941 cumulative update, have caused high CPU usage issues.
KB4512941 was released as an optional update on August 30. Microsoft said in a knowledge base article that the update was supposed to address numerous issues affecting Remote Desktop, Windows Sandbox and other aspects of Windows 10. (The company also said that it would be phasing Out the Edge browser's support for ePUB files, which are typically used for eBooks, "over the next several months." More information can be found here.)
Windows Latest said that numerous people have completed about high CPU usage problems after installing the update, however, purportedly because of an issue with Cortana. The virtual assistant's SearchUI.exe process has reportedly been used 30-40% of the CPU as well as 150-200MB of memory since installing the KB4512941 update. But those resources are being totally wasted - the Cortana window opened from the Taskbar fails to load.
It's not clear why Cortana decided to be a processor hog with the KB4512941 update. What is clear, however, was the fact that members of the Windows Insider Program reported these problems to Microsoft via the Feedback Hub before the update was made available to the public. Those reports appear to have slipped through the cracks; now people who install the optional update are sacrificing a significant portion of their CPU to Cortana.
Issues like these have become something of a trend with Windows 10 cumulative updates. An update in April led to performance issues, a May update broke Windows Sandbox, and an August update caused networking problems on Surface devices. Other cumulative updates have simply failed to resolve the problems they were made to address. At this point it's harder to explain why people should install these updates than they might want to wait.
Windows Latest said that some users solved the problem with Cortana by deleting a registry key, but unless one of the update's improvements outweighs the hit performance, it's probably easier to simply uninstall the KB4512941 update until Microsoft addresses the issue.
N. Mott
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