Locked Windows take alot of Network

[moralguy]

My Pc take alot of netwrok . service host:network service 5.3 mbps




this is my anydesk if u want connect to my pc i need to solve the prob pls


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[Uncle Mac]

Moved to here. Think next time before you just drop anywhere ..

 

[moralguy]

Moved to here. Think next time before you just drop anywhere ..

im new here srry i need just fix my prob pls

 

[Uncle Mac]

im new here srry i need just fix my prob pls

You really should contact your Internet service provider... Good LUck anyways..

 

[QuanLam]

I don't understand a word and I believe that no one else will also be able to understand what you said.

Unless the only thing you want others to tell you is to contact your ISP (what Mac said), you have to consider writing in a more formal way, especially avoiding using shortened words as well as stating your problem clearer. Mac today is super patient to go write a few words for your confusing question/problem, but you are very unlikely you get that again.

Good luck
Quan Lam

 

[Cyler]

Not that I'm 100% sure based on your description but long story short, service host:network is the service that windows use to update itself as well as MS store and I think defender tho I haven't checked that one for a while. Also, this is a generic service and sometimes other programs (mostly system programs) might use it for internet connectivity.

Try the following steps.

Click on the “Network | Internet Access” button on task-bar or Right click on it.
Click on “Network and Internet Settings” to open it.
Click on “Change Network Properties” link.
Turn on “Set as metered connection” switch.
Restart your connection.

That might solve it tho to be honest, 5mb is nothing. You probably used more just for visiting here My and Mac's signature are 15 MB alone.

 

[hamabe]

@moralguy Welcome to the Forums
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Two likely causes
- PC is downloading updates / drivers in the background
- Malware infection

run services.msc

Double click Background Intelligent Transfer Services

If the service status is Running then stop it
change Startup type to Disabled

Alternatively

If the above doesn't stop the downloading issue
Download

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and do a Quick Scan to see if there's an infection

 

[juanamm]

You have provided us with very little data and no screenshots of the bandwidth consumption of the processes in task manager.
In any case, I can advise you to stop the following services:

1. Windows update
2. Background Intelligent Transfer Service

step:1 Go to task manager then open services tab and go to open services which is at the bottom.

step:2 Stop the above two services and also disable them from their properties.

Try with that to be if you solve it, otherwise you are going to have to provide us with more data and screenshots.

 

[QuanLam]

Everyone's suggestions are being very good. However, they are meant to solve only generic problems

It is recommend that the thread creator do a follow-up after this to respond to any questions people are asking in order to help troubleshoot the problem

God luck
Quan Lam

 

[Cyler]

Everyone's suggestions are being very good. However, they are meant to solve only generic problems

It is recommend that the thread creator do a follow-up after this to respond to any questions people are asking in order to help troubleshoot the problem

God luck
Quan Lam

Well, Let's be honest, he has a generic issue and so he got generic answers. A Service that is using 5MB internet is not a very specific problem.

If you really want to look into it, the issue is that network host SHOULD use the internet and is NOT to be disabled, or the internet and /or local network won't work, partly or in total. For example, DNS discovery is based on Network Host, Cryptographic services, and IPSec too, which is integral for point to point encryption and that's just to name a few.

The trick I posted deals easily with windows updates using bandwidth etc, as it seems that he is not an experienced user (maybe I'm wrong) and on top, it can be reversed with one click. Disabling services is not for everyone in my opinion especially when one hasn't asked for that.

 

[fantom]

By default, Windows take 80% of network resource if You alowe it!

Run "gpedit.msc"
Click "Computer configurations"
Click "Administrative Templates"
Click "Network"
Click "QoS Packet Scheduler"
Then in right panel right-click on "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" and chose "Edit"
Chose "Enabled" and limit it to 0 or 1%.like >>

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[Cyler]

By default, Windows take 80% of network resource if You alowe it!

Run "gpedit.msc"
Click "Computer configurations"
Click "Administrative Templates"
Click "Network"
Click "QoS Packet Scheduler"
Then in right panel right-click on "Limit Reservable Bandwidth" and chose "Edit"
Chose "Enabled" and limit it to 0 or 1%.like >>

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This myth is around since Windows XP and we need to put it to rest. No, Microsoft (and any company), will not make your internet 20% slower (or is it 80%). That is similar to committing financial suicide cause who would use a system that is slowing the internet down by default.

QoS services mean that the OS and applications will auto-balance themselves so they let each other use the internet concurrently. What happens tho when you have one app that doesn't use QoS and one that does? The Non-Qos app will take most if not all the bandwidth for itself, simple as that. That's why MS (and even Linux) have this "switch" there. It basically tells the network interface that IF an app that is QoS enabled asks for bandwidth AT THE SAME TIME as other apps that are not, give the QoS apps UP TO 20% of the bandwidth assuming they can use as much. If no QoS requests happen, all of the bandwidth is used by other apps. If they ask for less than 20% then give the rest to the system anyway. Its just a balance switch and not a limiter.

Think of this imaginary scenario. Download a torrent and play an online game or use skype. Voice will often break (cut off) and online gaming will lag like crazy. Set Qos to 20%. everything works a lot better. The reason is that windows will limit the torrent bandwidth to MAX 80% and let the remain 20% for games/skype/updates etc to operate too (assuming game/skype are set to QoS mode), ONLY IF THEY ASK for that much bandwidth. If skype asks for 10%, rest will go to the torrent regardless. If you hung up the skype call, all of the bandwidth goes to torrent.

We need to keep in mind that those kinds of options were set when the internet was based on PSTN/ISDN lines of 56k - 128k or 256k etc. Now we have way much faster internet and those options don't affect us much anyway. Also, many system functions need the Qos bandwidth in order to perform scheduled tasks in a reasonable time (A/V updates for example).

To test it, set the value to 99% or even 100%. if the setting works as most people think, then the internet should slow down to 1% or not even work at all. You will find tho that nothing changes.

I don't mean any disrespect to you @fantom, just trying to set the record straight on a lot of bad info that exists on the internet and makes me, you, and others make bad decisions.

 

[fantom]

@Cyler, I agree with You in some points but we do not talk about QoS and torrent. Here we talking about "service host:network service 5.3 mbps", which just show that Windows shall take all resource if it want.
On my network, which have 6.500+ AD subject, simple windows update make almost impossible to work with Informix/SQL databases! Lost days to figure out where is a problem.
Limiting delivery optimization and turning off downloads from other PC, with above explained Limit Reservable Bandwidth, do the job. Everything goes back to normal and work smoothly! Even WSUS. Tested on
several other Windows updates after that.
So, my suggestion is for @moralguy to simple try it.

 

[Cyler]

When I was working till December (retired now), I was a systems/network architect in a very large network of 18.000 PCs plus 3 Supercomputers so I know what you are talking about. Thing is that the O.P. is not part of such networks so the point is kinda irrelevant. Updates inside networks don't (shouldn't) use the internet in the first place.

Either way, don't take my word for it. This is what one of the MS Software engineers, that worked on QoS, code said some time ago.

Additionally, as I wrote above, please do the test and set QoS bandwidth to 99.9%. if you are right then your internet will be limited to 0.1% which you can easily verify with an internet speed test. If you have 1 Mbit stream it should go down to 10Kbits.

Anyway, as I said my intentions were not against you personally and I hope they haven't been perceived as such. It was about the QoS setting only. I will stop here, cause this turns to be a chit chat irrelevant of the OP issue but I'm always free via PM to further talk about it.

As for the "service host:network service 5.3 Mbps", I explained above what that host is used for, and QoS has little to do with it, as it has to do with DNS lookups, IPsec, and similar services, which I'm sure you know how important those are. The bandwidth they use is almost zero compared, even in prolonged sessions (days).

On the other hand, if one thinks that QoS apps/settings are interfering with his/her bandwidth, there is a more elegant solution that doesn't require messing up with settings in registry or group policies. Just remove/deactivate the QoS packet scheduler. If later an admin changes his mind, just reactivate it.

Regards.

 

[QuanLam]

Well, I got to say that everything @Cyler is saying makes perfect sense so far.

I'm not trying to be aggressive or anything but I just want people to state their problems clearer so that it is possible for us to answer their questions

Cheers
Quan Lam

 

[juanamm]

The author of the thread registered on May 12, asked the question and did not appear anymore.
I think too many solutions have already been shared here.
Thanks @hamabe, @QuanLam, @Cyler and @fantom for the help provided here.
Thread completed.