GWX configManager constantly running?

[eric anderson]

Apparently, it's some utility that lets ms check your system to update to windows 10. THis thing just keeps running at 25% cpu all the time and starting to really annoy me. Fans come on and battery drains. Anybody else getting this issue?

 

[buers]

About a week ago, the web site of some German computer magazines had an article of how to get rid of the GWX.exe (Get Windows X=10)

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Windows-10-Downloader-Tipps-zur-Deinstallation-2596770.html

Maybe, you can use a translation service to read it. Summary: In Windows Update search for KB3035583 and uninstall it. Then reboot.

In Update settings, make sure that the following is unchecked: "Handle optional update the same way as important updates" (no idea, how the exact phrasing is in English), right click on KB3035583 and choose "don't show this update" or similar.

 

[jaekqubp]

Thanks for posting this. I was trying to figure out what the deal was with that process.

 

[kozak79]

After some recent updates my i7 SP3 would be burning up and the fan blowing non stop. I saw the GWX configManager running at 30% constantly. Uninstalling the KB3035583 update fixed it. This is really annoying, I hope they fix whatever the problem with this update is.