Wuauclt.exe memory and processor

I have a problem with wuauclt.exe.  It activates all 20 minutes and stalls completely all other activities on my computer, using 90-100% of my CPU.  I read that the solution is to disable automatic updates. I did it, I rebooted, and yet I still have this problem.  If I go to the Task Manager when wuauclt.exe running and I manually stop the process, my CPU usage immediately goes down immediately.  I don't want to remove wuauclt.exe constantly since I I want to use it as a time to get my updates.  Is there something I can do, and if not, how to remove wuauclt.exe?

It makes no sense because it's guessing on what might be things.

After that the last series of Microsoft monthly update (13/08/2010), some systems (but not all) seem to have this problem.    Would you say that your questions come or shortly after the 13/08/2010?

Apparently, Microsoft issued a statement:

"We have got reports from multiple sources and believes that it is a matter of on-line service and we're investigating it as a priority of 1."

I can't wait for MS, this is my statement on how to deal with the problem at the moment (there is no error or guess):

The automatic update service seems to be involved in this issue.  Not all machines well experience the problem.  It may be more common
on systems that have installed the 512 MB of RAM or less, but it varies.  The amount of RAM your system installed?

When you restart your system, the auto update is supposed to run, looking for things to do and if he doesn't find anything to do, it should run
turns off in a "short time".  It is sometimes not turn off or take very long to figure things and continues to run
and a popular symptom is excess HDD activity, slow response time, and in the Task Manager, the wuauclt.exe process disappear like him
should be when automatic updates checking would normally not be complete.

As a test to see if it is involved in your question, you can temporarily disable the automatic updates service in XP, restart your
system and see how things look with disabled AU.  If things are better, you can leave it like that and not had any future problems and
Wait for the ideas and maybe a fix from Microsoft or you can change the way that automatic updates are managed and let the auto update
Service running.

You can completely disable the service to THE as a test and then see how things work.  To do this, click Start, run and enter in the box:

services.msc

Find automatic updates, right-click service, stop if it is running (it may take a little time to stop). In the properties.
Set the startup type to disabled, click OK, etc. to close the Services application, and then restart your system and see how things look now.
You can look in the Task Manager process tab and should NOT see wuauclt.exe process (it is disabled).

If the system works very well with disabled AU, you can continue to read for my workaround or if the system still has problems, you may have another problem.

There are two types of updates, you can get from the Microsoft web site (they enter manually or automatically):

Windows updates
Microsoft updates

The solution that I use is to configure your automatic updates to leave the active Windows automatic updates and simply disable the
automatic Microsoft Updates.  You'll just have to manually check the Microsoft updates until the issue is better
resolution.

If you disable the Microsoft updates, you will not get updates for MS Office, Windows Live, or Silverlight when you turn on the
Microsoft is updating again (later) but which can be acceptable to you.  This is the temporary consequences:

What are the differences between Windows updates and automatic updates from Microsoft Updates?  Microsoft says this:

"While Windows Update provides updates specifically for Windows, Microsoft Update expands the service to download
and install the updates for other Microsoft software, such as Microsoft Office and Windows Live [as well as Silverlight & Microsoft
Security Essentials]. Automatic update is a feature that allows you to configure your PC to download and install automatically
updates with each service, making it easy and convenient for you to keep your current Windows PC. »

You will always get the updates of Windows coming out the second Tuesday of each month automatically (Microsoft calls this Patch "")
Tuesday") and sometimes you can get Windows updates more before the next update Tuesday, but until MS he figures and fix it
You must remember to check for any Microsoft Updates yourself by hand (you are going to disable this part for now).

To disable the Microsoft updates, you must use Internet Explorer, click on tools, Windows Update and on the left side of the
Update of the page, click on change settings.

Scroll to the bottom of the page, and then click the box that says:

Disable the Microsoft Update software and let me use Windows Update only

Click on apply changes now and replied in the affirmative (Yes) in the message box.

Restart your system and you should see the wuauclt.exe process appears in Task Manager, as he always does a restart and if
your system needs no update, wuauclt.exe process should go away - in a few minutes depending on your system.

This should be it.  You can restart once or twice and see the process in the Task Manager tab as soon as your system is able
and you can watch to see if the wuauclt.exe process disappear once he catches up and moved.  This may take several minutes
but it should disappear eventually.

If you want to re - light the Microsoft Updates some time later to see if there are updates, using Internet Explorer, click
Tools, Windows Update and update page, click the Green «Go' located to the right of the message «get Microsoft Update»
Today! "Who will turn on Microsoft Update and you will have the problem wuauclt.exe again the next time you reboot
(unless it's fixed at that time here).

You can turn your Microsoft Updates whenever you want and look for updates or if you remember after the next update
Tuesday, you can turn your Microsoft Updates and look for Microsoft Updates then and get all updates necessary.  You
are in control.

When you have done with all of your updates, disable the service of automatic update again and restarted, or disable just the Microsoft
New update and reboot when finished.

Maybe Microsoft will soon have this figured out, but that's what I'm doing at the moment.

Thank you PA bear for notes and other assignments.

I need YOUR voice and the points for helpful answers and propose responses. I'm saving for a pony!

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