wmiprvse.exe and svchost eating 100% cpu

[Debbie Rowe]

I have installed SBS2003 recently and i see wmiprvse.exe and svchost eating 100% cpu. They do that random, an instance of mssbsssr.exe also keeps running under wmiprvse.exe process. i want to know if there is anything i can try to stop them. Help regarding this will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

[anshusehgal]

This has been a common issue and there are some knowledge based article to deal with it. Just go through below articles and try out the resolution mentioned in there.

After you install SMS 2003 SP3, the Wmiprvse.exe process may generate high CPU usage on client computers during hardware-inventory operations

High CPU utilization generated by the wmiprvse.exe process

[trade4more]

I just wanted to share that even Microsoft Update has been found to be one of the reason for wmiprvse.exe and svchost eating 100% cpu. In that case removing Microsoft updates will be a better idea. So if you have installed any Microsoft Update recently then remove it and update your group policy after that. Update your group policy so that "Automatice Updates detection frequency" is set to highest value possible or disabled.