Windows Modules Installer Worker will load the processor: what should I do?

Very often in recent years there have been cases when some computer terminals began to experience a slowdown in work. This applies only to those machines that are connected to the Internet. When trying to recognize processes, there is often a Windows Modules Installer Worker service in the same Task Manager. What this is, not every user imagines. We will understand more specifically.

What is Windows Modules Installer Worker?

First of all, we will start from built-in processes and Windows background services, which work in an invisible user mode.

Actually, the translation itself, according to which the Windows Modules Installer Worker process is classified, can be treated as an "operating system module installer". Do not confuse the components of the operating system with the updates. These are completely different things, although they are interconnected with each other quite strongly, however, one-sidedly. The fact is that the installer of the system modules without the enabled and activated update service often does not work at all. But first things first. First, let's look at the service itself, because it plays an important role in the entire system.

Modules

The fact that for Windows with an enviable regularity are released updates in the form of regular updates patching holes in the security system, or service packs, probably do not need to say.

Even the "ten", for which, as it was said, updates are not required, since the system is available for download as a version of Pro on the official Microsoft website, still has a special service for these purposes. This is so whether you like it or not. The Windows Modules Installer Worker component loads the system in the background, trying to constantly find not updates of the "operating system", and additional components are considered to enhance the capabilities of Windows.

It turns out that in any case, the service is running in the background, and you can complete it only through the Task Manager (and not always).

Why does Windows Modules Installer Worker load the processor and how to get rid of it?

The fact is that in the background, not all services are available to the user. Even in the standard task manager , only the main processes are displayed, the completion of which can not drastically affect the performance of Windows.

Why does the CPU load? Yes, simply because with an active Internet connection, the service constantly accesses several resources, trying to find something new. Updates do not work that way, or rather, act on schedule. As you can see, it's easiest to disconnect an existing connection. Look, the effect will manifest itself immediately.

Problem with updates

You can not discount Windows updates. As practice shows, Windows Modules Installer Worker will also load the processor when the automatic update service is running (they work together).

Disable the search and install updates can be quite simply in the "Windows Update Center", although for reasons of Microsoft experts, this is not recommended. For access, use the corresponding section in the Control Panel.

The simplest ways to disable the Task Manager

As it is already clear, the question related to the fact that Windows Modules Installer Worker loads the processor can be solved by using the forced shutdown of this component in the standard Task Manager.

True, it is worth paying attention to the moment that it will be a one-time trip. Incidentally, this process is not displayed in startup items, since Windows refers it to system. User access to it is therefore blocked.

You can disable it only in the "Services" section of the Task Manager. And then, depending on the settings of the system itself, it's not yet certain that the process will not be loaded when you restart it, when the automatic update service is enabled.

Using the shutdown via the Start menu

The problem with the fact that Windows Modules Installer Worker loads the processor can be solved by entering the "Start" search button (Windows 7, for example) of the Search service query in the menu.

In the window that opens, you just need to find the module installer process and right-click to bring up the menu, where the completion command will be present.

Again, this option works one time (as well as the completion of the active process in the Task Manager).

What if nothing helped?

To completely get rid of this annoying service, you need to disable it in the Startup items in the Task Manager and the Services tab, with a parallel disabling of the search and installation of updates for the system itself. Note, even if you select the option to search for updates and suggestions for future installation, it still does not help. Updates must be disabled entirely.

It is understood that it is possible to perform the process of removing a process or stopping it in the plan of automatic loading at Windows startup using the corresponding system registry keys or even completely removing this component from the system. However, such steps are recommended only for experienced users who clearly understand what and how it should be changed.

Otherwise, the consequences of such interference can be most unpredictable, and even completely fatal for a computer system, up to the fact that if the component is disconnected or removed incorrectly, it will have to be dealt with, if not by reinstalling Windows, then by restoring the system accurately. Therefore, before you disable this component, you need to think a hundred times whether it should be done. Windows developers are cunning in a way. Such a service is not for nothing. By the way, if anyone does not know, this applies to "poppies", Linux, and all UNIX-like systems, although it's veiled there so that the regular user will look for disconnect functions without special knowledge for a very long time.