On W10, I don't have this process running, nor do I remember any such process using much CPU. Sorry. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Depends on the size of the updates. Some are tiny, others are several GB.
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Yeah, i have Windows 10 1 year, anyway i found this image (it's not mine):
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that's what happens when it is actively installing something it has downloaded already.
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the image is to show you how the cpu is 70% used by the windows modules installer i assume, and the reason why the cpu usage is so high is because it is actively using the cpu to install updates it has already downloaded from the internet. if the person that took that screenshot were to actually use their pc for more then the task manager, it will lower that processes amount of cpu usage.. but clearly in this screenshot it was an idle pc, so it shot up there to 70% usage in order to try and get it overwith faster since no other processes were really going.
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yes, it's normal for windows, and should barely if at all have an impact on system performance.. at worst it can have an impact on internet performance however. (when the update itself is downloading)
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I see find a guide for disable this programs "Windows Update" and "Windows Installer Modules Worker" and set "Manual"
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/windows-modules-installer-worker-high-cpu-on-windows-10-solved/
If set "Manual" have problem in future with Win 10?
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you'd have to define problem to be perfectly honest.. i strongly advise against it because after a few updates you will be unsecure and vulnerable to an exploit or security leak somewhere.
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So is it better not to run those steps in the guide?
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in my opinion i wouldn't run those steps, correct. i'd just use the steps in the link i did below for disabling background apps, not actual services.
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In the guide that you linked I do not see the program in question.
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Depends if you are a tinfoil hat person, a regular person, or other. Some people will argue like crazy that you should turn off Windows update until the updates are vetted to ensure they are not full of spyware from Microsoft and other such things (or to ensure you don't get a bad update that breaks things such as the Vista update that blocked Windows update which prevents an update coming to fix that update). The general user is probably better off just letting it do its thing. Not like it happens constantly, and generally waits for the system to be idle anyway (or it is supposed to... or maybe I set that up and forgot about it!).
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I just want to "eliminate" the problem of this program, which uses a lot of CPUs I notice when using MSI Afterburner which by 38 degrees goes to 47 degrees because of this program.
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How often is it doing it though. Also don't forget the Creator's update is being phased in right now. Odds are if this is a rarity for you, it was likely you getting that update (it is rather large in comparison to a standard KB-X update)
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This update that you say, I think it will be like Windows Update updates in the sense when you turn your computer as always or wrong?
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yeah i think that's what's going on too.. that update is more of an upgrade instead and practically reinstalls the os. it takes a long time even on a i7, so anything older and it will seem like forever.
they better keep those to an extreme rarity though, or that will annoy me.
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yeah, that application won't be. i just meant in general to save some cpu usage to kill "all" of those background apps so only the stuff you want to run actually runs. (other then undesired services like the mentioned one that runs regardless)
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But anyway that guide I linked, by accident does not completely shut down the service but just putting it in "Manual", accidentally I do bad or leave it as it is? What do you recommend me?
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Manual means you have to do it yourself versus letting Windows do it. You will always be slower and more forgetful than a machine doing it, but in the end you will get the same updates eventually. Everyone else might have got it in March, but you remembered in July to check, could be an issue. If everyone else got it on May 5th and you got it on May 12th, not quite such a big deal, but still left yourself open (but I doubt anything really bad would happen in that time if you are the least bit cautious online).
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I would say yes, leave it alone. If it is a constant burden on you then turn it off/manual, but if it is just the Creator's update (like I suspect it is) odds are you won't see prolonged high usage again for a while. You will still have spikes here and there but they will be short lived.
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I do not know if it is the "Creator" but every time I was "turned on" the Windows Installer Modules Worker, I immediately switched it to Task, maybe I did not install it because every time I left it?
But as you say you are many GB I do not want to stay there for 2 hours to install it. : /
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the privacy > background apps settings should all be an "On/Off" toggle, not Manual/Autmoatic i thought, unless that's changed (currently in linux so can't just check). in my opinion all of those can safely be turned off (or manual), that just means they won't try and run in the background without you directly telling them to run. if they are left on, most still won't do anything at all, but occasionally one of them may want to run to update the weather information for your metro start bar icon, or something along those lines.
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I intend to go to "Run" ----> "service.msc" and go to those "Windows Modules Installer Worker" and "Windows Update" services and put them in "Manual" to prevent me updating updates while playing and not Use the CPU.
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okay, that's your decision. i'd still recommend turning off other background apps as well though, that's even less risk anyways. xD
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I don't understand is the Windows Installer Modules Worker is for the Creator Update, but is strange becuz why others update coming when close the PC? And the Creator Update no?
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The PC needs to be on to actually download the things and install the things. When you turn off the PC odds are the PC itself is delaying the shutdown while it quickly installs the updates. Most of the time this takes seconds so you don't notice it. Huge ones take more time and you do notice it. Most updates are a few MB maybe a hundred or two MB if it is a bit bigger, Creators and the older Anniversary were both about 3.5 GB each.
When it comes time to actually install thing thing you can tell it to Update and Shut Down so it will turn itself off automatically, but odds are your next boot will still be impacted by it.
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So to complete it, must I keep it on? And should I turn off my PC, is the download remaining a total or do I have to re-download the entire download?
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As per Movac's comment, I assume you meant you want to cancel out your Windows 10 updates? The only way to stop them temporarily (works wonders when the operating system is threatening an imminent shutdown) is to stop/delete the tasks in Task Scheduler. I don't suggest doing so, though. If you do, make sure you actually know what you're doing. :P
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Can I suggest you start googling things?
You'll learn more if you try to find answers for yourself instead of making a thread for every question that pops up in your mind.
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possible = probably, but i don't know how personally
unwise = certainly, i don't recommend doing so though
just set active hours after it's fully updated so it doesn't reboot during your most frequent times of use, but i wouldn't actually try and disabled it further then that.. however go thru your background apps and turn all of those off though to save some cpu usage. -> https://www.howtogeek.com/241752/how-to-stop-windows-10-apps-from-running-in-the-background/
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If it slows you down, try to set it to lower priority, but don't turn it off. It's part of Windows update installation process. If you have old/slow CPU, it may take more time to finish.
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Have another question for owners Windows 10, is possible disable FOREVER this "program" Windows installer modules worker? This use much CPU.
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