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What is “Windows Modules Installer Worker” ? Solve High CPU Issue in Windows PC

Windows Modules Installer Worker is a feature of the Windows Operating System whose job is to fix bugs, remove, modify or look for updates and install them on your computer. It automatically activates whenever your computer is switched on and runs in the background.

This is a great addition by Microsoft as you will not have to personally check for updates and you can use your computer meanwhile the system is being upgraded.

But sometimes, you may hear the fans in your laptop spin a bit faster and louder than usual and your laptop starts feeling a bit hot. This is possible because the Windows Modules Installer Worker, or TiWorker.exe as is seen in Task Manager, is using quite a bit of the system resources during the updating procedure and is causing your system to become slow or unresponsive. As a result, you may try to find a solution to this problem. Well look no further here are a few options that may work for you:

Way to Fix Solve High CPU Issue | Windows Modules Installer Worker

1. Change Windows Update Mode From “Automatic” to “Manual”

Step 1: Press the ‘Windows Button + R’ at the same time to open a run command

Step 2: Type “services.msc” in the ‘open’ bar and click ‘ok’

Step 3: Select ‘Windows Modules Installer’ from the pop-up menu

Step 4: From the new window that pops up, look for ‘Start-Up Type’, click the drop-down menu and change it from ‘automatic’ to ‘manual’.

Step 5: Click ‘apply/ok’

Step 6: When you are redirected to the ‘service.mcs’ window, select ‘Windows Update’, and set that to ‘manual’ (as you had in the Windows Modules Installer window) and select ‘apply/ok’

Step 7: Reboot your computer

You may alternately set your network to a ‘metered connection’ using advanced settings over Wi-Fi

2. Reducing the Priority of Tiworker.exe

Step 1: Open ‘Task Manager’

Step 2: Click ‘More details’ and locate ‘TiWorker.exe‘

Step 3: Right-click ‘GTiWorker.exe’ and select ‘Set priority’ from the list of option in the drop-down menu

Step 4: Change the priority to ‘low’

Step 5: Close ‘Task Manager’ and reboot your system

You may alternatively opt to ‘Fix TiWorker.exe’ by troubleshooting and selecting ‘System Maintenance’ from your list of options, then reboot your computer.

3. Check & Update Drivers

To check drives:

Step 1: Open ‘Command Prompt’ on your computer and run the program as an admin

Step 2: Type “SFC /SCANNOW” command prompt and wait for the drive to be checked

Step 3: Any issue that is found will be automatically fixed.

Step 4: Restart your device

To update drives:

Step 1: Download a driver updater tool,

Step 2: Run the program and select ‘scan now’ to perform a driver scan

Step 3: Select ‘Update Now’ when prompted

Step 4: When the updates have finished restart your system

You may alternately use the DISM tool i.e “Dism.exe/ Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth”, to search for and repair all corrupt components on your system

4. Perform a Clean Boot

Step 1: Click the Windows button and search for and open “msconfig.exe”

Step 2: Select the ‘normal set up’ option and follow the prompts given

You could always stop whatever else you are doing and allow the Windows Modules Installer Worker to do its thing and then free use the system when the CPU is freed up. This is probably one of the best options as it does not interfere with the intended functions of this program.

Adrian