>>http://dilbert.com/strip/2015-03-24
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>>...nah, it only SEEMS like it... ;)
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>Update: over the last few days I've noticed extreme memory usage by Windows Update, over 1GB RAM used for extended periods. Also extremely high disk access while that's going on. This is apparently a known problem on Win7 x64:
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>https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4a782e40-bbd8-40b7-869d-68e3dfd1a5b4/windows-update-scan-high-memory-usage?forum=w7itproperf
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>No apparent fix yet.

I think they had a fix for it, but scanning for updates to install it crashes most of the test machines.