If Windows is automatically checking for updates when I turn on my computer first thing in the morning what does this show up as in Windows Task Manager processes that are running?
I think its Windows update Client process (wuauclt.exe). However I have an update pending to install and can't be asked to restart at the moment so I can't run windows update to know for sure.
Luke13TH, I ran Windows Update and I did not see anything in processes. There was no wuauclt.exe. It did show in the Task Manager Applications though. As running.
Quite a number of Windows users have suffered from a problem where up to 95% of their CPU and/or Disk have been used by a process known as System Host: Local System (Network Restricted). This problem first surfaced back in the days of Windows 8 and has stuck around to haunt the brave users of Windows 10. Users affected by this issue have reported the System Host: Local System (Network Restricted) process hogging up to 95% of their CPU and up to 72 MB/s of their computer’s total capability to read data from and write data to its Hard Disk Drive. Those statistics are significant to say the least. I have Windows 7 SP1 with IE 11
You won't see Windows update running in task manager, at most if you show all processes you will see a svchost.exe process that is running Windows updates