Host Process for Setting Synchronization

Question

I noticed this morning for the first time that Host Process for Setting Synchronization is running.  It's at the top of Disk and CPU in Task Manager and has been for a couple of hours.  Here's the thing - I don't have any other devices; it's just me and my desktop.  So why is it running?  I want to turn it off, but want to make sure I'm not going to affect something else.

Answer 1

I did those steps before troubleshooting. During troubleshooting, I re-enabled the services as described in the troubleshooting procedures. Synchronization did not start even after all services were re-enabled. Therefore, I went to Step 8 of the troubleshooting procedures that resulted in asking about the checkboxes. Step 8 says "Select Startup and then select the upper half of the check boxes in the Startup Item list." Is this different than Step 5 of the troubleshooting procedures?

Answer 2

Goood Day Bob,

Check the box to Hide all Microsoft Services, then click Disabled All, Under Startup items Disable all third-party apps

Hit Apply then Ok

Restart your computer .

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

Answer 3

Synchronization stopped yesterday after about 6 hours; however, it started up again this morning, so I started the clean boot troubleshooting.

On Step 8 of the troubleshooting instructions, I don't see checkboxes in the Startup tab of either System Configuration or Task Manager. Am I supposed to Enable the upper half of the startup item list? (Note: Some of these items, like Cortana and Skype, were already disabled when I started the troubleshooting process.)

Answer 4

Simply close task manger and reopen it with administrator rights. If it goes away then safely close task manger. If not tell it to "End Task" and if there is a popup that says something like "Ending this task could cause your PC to become unstable." tick the checkbox that says "End Task and shutdown." Then click yes/okay or whatever thing like that. If it popups with "Access Denied" then it means that some other device could be connected to your PC and you're just not seeing/don't recognize it.

Answer 5

Good Day Bob,

My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 11 pc and community member like you. Let us work together to sort this out.

First, try to perform cleanboot, visit this link as reference.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...

Restart your computer and check the usage in the task manager.

I hope the information above helps. Please let me know how it goes.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.