How To Stop 2 WMI Provider Host Processes In The Task Manager?

Asked By Vanessa Sandoval 0 points N/A Posted on - 11/29/2020

My PC was running slow, and I took a look at the task manager. I found 2 WMI provider host processes were running and taking a lot of memory. What to do? I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 a few days back.

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Answered By vikramtech22 0 points N/A #345604

How To Stop 2 WMI Provider Host Processes In The Task Manager?

If 2 WMI provider host processes are consuming a lot of memory, try the following methods to fix it –

Method 1

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Escape on your keyboard.

1. Go to the Performance tab.
2. Open resource monitor (look at the bottom).
3. Right-click on Svchost.exe.
4. Click on End Process.
5. Restart your device.
6. Your issue should not bother you.

Method 2

1. Open Command Prompt as admin.

1. Type exe/id PerformanceDiagnostic and press enter.
2. After the process completes, restart your device.

Method 3

1. Press Windows + R on your keyboard.
2. Type services. msc and press enter.

1. Right-click on Windows Management Instrumentation service.
2. Click on Restart.
3. This should solve your issue.

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• Posted on - 11/29/2020
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