Windows 10: Win10 Update 1903 - WMI causing High CPU Values

I had to update to 1903 as a requirement to install the Xbox Game Pass app (Xbox (Beta)). Ever since I've noticed the CPU is constantly taxed. WMI being the culprit.

Restarting the service does nothing. You cannot (at least I) stop and start this service as it has dependencies that prevent this as well. IpHelper & Intel Rapid Storage (maybe more). I'm given the message "access denied" when attempting to shutdown IpHelper.

I think this is an issue created and will have to be fixed by Microsoft. Unless anyone has any suggestions or fixes?

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WMI Provider Host High CPU and 2 of them

WMI Provider Host High CPU and 2 of them listed in task manager. I looked online and can't find simple steps as I don't know what some actions are when people speak

 

WMI Provider Host (High CPU Usage)

The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a regular Windows service mainly for consolidating the device and applications management in a network. By this post, we want to share to all Community members that this is not really the one causing the high
CPU usage, rather something is causing it.

To further help you resolve the concern, we are providing you a link to a thread with almost the same concern. Cristian, we figured out that this thread might help you resolve the issue so kindly check it out:

Solved: WMI Provider Host (High CPU Usage and Laptop Overheating) Windows10

Kindly post back with the results as we are eager to know what works for you.

 

WIN10 1703 update cause Explorer.exe high CPU usage

I am using Surface Pro 3 (i5, 8G RAM)

After WIN10 v1703 update, Windows Explorer uses ~30-40% CPU.

If I uncheck "Show thumbnails instead of icons" in the Performance Options, the CPU usage of Windows Explorer reduces to ~0%

Any suggestion why showing thumbnails cause so high CPU usage in v1703?

Thanks!