Excessive CPU usage: Some users are complaining about this issue with Windows 10 Build 18362.329

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Since the problems caused by the deployment of Windows 10 October 2018 Update at Microsoft, they took very seriously ending bugs in the different updates they put on the market. Not surprisingly, having a system like the Insider Program in theory could help them prevent bugs before they came to light. "

From that moment of which we were already learning the story, at Microsoft they took good note and decided to review their update release policy, closely monitoring all those that were going to come out for avoid stall failures to the userThis did not prevent cases such as the release of a Build intended for internal testing or the most recent, an _update: that could be causing more problems than desired.

An unlocated fault?

Build 18362.329 released by Microsoft under patch KB4512941 a few days ago apparently and according to some users, is generating more bugs than desiredA symptom, if so, that the Microsoft filter is not as efficient as it should be.

WindowsLatest colleagues have echoed the complaints that various users have made both on platforms such as Reddit and in the FeedbackHub. And they are complaining that their computers are over-consuming CPU after upgrading to this patch.

Apparently, behind this excessive behavior would be the file SearchUI.exe, part of Cortana, which would be monopolizing an exaggerated consumption of the cpu. The user who opens the thread talks about up to 90%.

Others, for their part, affirm that the consumption, without reaching that much, is indeed exaggerated, with average values ​​close to 40% of the CPUand up to 150 MB of memory.

In addition, the problem, and always according to those affected, is that this failure would have already been communicated to the American company before this Build was launched through the aforementioned Insider Program, which could indicate that Microsoft either did not see the warning or ignored it.

Possible solutions

Microsoft is aware of the complaints and for the multinational there seems to be no reason for the complaint and Build 18362.329 works correctly without offering any problem. Is this your case and have you installed Build 18362.329?

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In this case some users claim to have a solution that does away with a Registry key, which prevents the menu search Home send local search queries to Bing:"

• Computer \ HKEY CURRENT USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Search
• Record Name: BingSearchEnabled
• Register value: 0

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In the same way, another option may be to uninstall the update if you are experiencing excessive consumption of your computer&39;s CPU. For this it is necessary to go to the route Settings, Update and security and within it Click on View update history The next step is to use the option Uninstall updates by checking the update KB4512941 and then clicking the button Uninstall"