wmiprvse.exe is eating up CPU under the username - Network service

Rakesh Sharma 56 Reputation points
2021-10-19T08:13:28.873+00:00

On Windows 2012 R2, the wmi provider host is eating up 90 % of the CPU under the username - Network service.

Have already restarted the WMI provider host and rebooted the VM, still it is spiking to 90% for no reason.

Want to know what is the cause and how to suppress it.

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A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
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