Windows 10: Application Guard Container Service High CPU

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit


Upon cold start, the Host Service: Application Guard Container Service (AGCS) exhibits high cpu usage between 30=50% for a full two minutes, then stops.


At startup, I sensed that my cpu fan was running at higher than normal speed, so I opened Task Manager and observed AGCS using high cpu for almost two minutes.


This high cpu usage is a recent occurance, but not sure what instigated it.


I've researched AGCS online and see that it's a new feature of sandboxing Edge, but I thought it was only for Enterprise level Windows 10.


Should I be concerned, or is this the "new normal" ?


Thanks.

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SvcHost.exe is a system process that hosts multiple Windows services in Windows Operating Systems. If there are multiple instances of svchost.exe in Task Manager, it could be that there are multiple third-party applications that are running in the background
services.

As a first troubleshooting step, we suggest that you boot your device in Safe Mode and see if you are still getting a high CPU usage. You may follow the steps here on this
link to start your PC in Safe Mode.

Keep us updated with the results.