Windows Modules Installer Worker-High CPU Usage (Resolved)

This Windows Modules Installer Worker can cause high CPU usage issue on your Windows 10 computer. You will face this issue when the tool does not work properly or becomes unresponsive in Windows task manager and causes high CPU usage issue. However, you can fix this error easily. Just find out the solution methods from sections below.

What Does Windows Modules Installer Worker Do?

It is a tool that was built into Windows OS that checks for updates in your Windows operating system. When your Windows install the latest available updates itself, it similarly fixes all bugs and glitches of Windows operating system.

For doing its job, the tool runs in the background and sometimes when it becomes unresponsive, it causes high disk usage issue. And as a result, your system becomes slow and even freezes sometimes. If you are encountering the issue, I have the solutions for you. Just perform the steps correctly and you will be able to keep your computer running smoothly and you will be free from all kind of interruption. You can also read: Windows 10 Taskbar Not Working and Avast SafePrice

Switch to Manual Windows Updates

Windows Modules Installer Worker 100% CPU usage problem always pops up when your system has a problem with automatic Windows updates. This problem is most common in Windows 10 operating systems, but in rare cases, you can also encounter it on other versions of Windows. Changing the updates from automatic to the manual can help you fix the issue. Check out the steps below to do so.

1. You have to press Windows button + R on the keyboard first then type ‘services.msc’ and press Enter
2. Search for ‘Windows module installer’ from the new window
3. After finding the tool, do a double-click on it and from the new window, locate ‘Startup Type’
4. Then change it from automatic’ to ‘manual’
5. Next, click OK from the bottom of the window
6. After that, go back to services.msc window and search for ‘Windows Update’
7. You have to set it to ‘manual’ by double-clicking on the startup type option
8. Open control panel now and find Windows Update
9. Then open Windows update and ‘change settings’ where you can change the option Windows update itself.
10. After clicking on ‘check for update but let me choose whether to download and install them’, press OK and close all the windows
11. In this final step, you have to reboot your computer

When the computer restart, the manual update option will be activated and you will never see the Windows Modules Installer high CPU usage issue again. But since your computer will not install updates automatically, you have to manually check for updates. In case your system misses important updates, this can make your system unstable. Moreover, this can cause many glitches and many system performance errors as well.

This is it. You can fix the high CPU usage issue caused by Windows Modules Installer Worker tool by following these given steps. If you have any other suggestion regarding the same, please tell us in the comment box below.