Potential Fix for SP3 Overheating Issue

[benjitek]

Looks like some resourceful users have found a fix:

"While Microsoft has not offered up any reasoning for this issue -- or more importantly a fix, it seems that some users who are experiencing the issue might have found one. According to user Step_001 in the Microsoft Support forums, they say that the problem is being caused by the Windows Installer Module, and the Windows Installer Module Worker. These processes will randomly start running in the background and when they do, they seem to use a huge amount CPU processing power and memory usage. Because of this, it causes the Pro 3 to overheat or have the fans spin up to annoying levels."

 

[leeshor]

This does seem to relate to some of the issues some people have had with the "installer". My suggestion would be to turn off the automatic updating and check it manually.

 

[mitchellvii]

Looks like some resourceful users have found a fix:

This was happening to me. I ran the updater fix and then set updating to manual and havent had an issue since.

 

[TeknoBlast]

Even though I havent ran into this issue, I may make the changes to avoid any issues.

 

[raqball]

I don't have overheating but I am always on the lookout to improve my PC.

I don't really need automatic updates as I'd rather check them on my own anyway. I went into settings and changed it to 'never check for updates'. Is this the correct way to do it?

Also, what is this updater fix? Do I download it from somewhere?

 

[mohcho]

raqball, yup that's it. Check out this thread for the updater fix. I ran it and it worked great: http://www.surfaceforums.net/threads/why-is-windows-module-installer-churning-my-cpu.10628/

 

[raqball]

Awesome and thanks!

I ran it and it fixed 3 errors..

 

[bluegrass]

Maybe something good is afoot here. I think I got the exact same results as baghead did.

 

[malberttoo]

Maybe something good is afoot here. I think I got the exact same results as baghead did.
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Exact same results on mine as well.

 

[GTiceman]

exact same three for me

 

[leeshor]

Sounds like a plan to me....

 

[kundas1]

ha! just an FYI, but this fixed my win7 desktop that was having trouble with updates too! my desktop kept having 1 update failing... but all is good now