Werfault.exe is a process related to Windows Error Reporting Service, a Windows service designed to allow Windows users to send data about errors and problems related to the Windows operating system to Microsoft itself and, then, receive information about possible solutions. The Windows Error Reporting Service is a valuable troubleshooting tool built into almost every version of the Windows operating system out there..
The first is the first: It should be noted that Werfault.exe is indeed a legitimate part of the Windows operating system and is not at all a third party item with malicious or similar intentions. However, there are some issues that are unfortunately associated with Werfault.exe, the main one is the Werfault.exe process malfunction or a third-party element taking over, which causes it to consume every bit of the affected user's CPU and not. do not drop anything of it.
When a user affected by this problem accesses their Task Manager and goes to the Processes tab, you see that the Werfault.exe process is consuming ALL available CPU on your computer and refusing to release it. This can become a tremendous problem., since all the memory of a computer is exhausted, what makes it slow down, rendering it completely unusable.
How to fix problems related to Werfault.exe
In most of the cases, The Werfault.exe process begins to consume all the CPU of an affected user, either due to a failure in the operation of the process itself or because it has been assumed by another program. To extend the latter, The Werfault.exe process can be overwhelmed when a certain program on the affected user's computer starts throwing errors from left to right, which causes the process to take over all the available CPU on the computer in an attempt to organize and somehow deal with errors that keep popping up.
Fortunately, regardless of what is causing the Werfault.exe process to consume all of your computer's available CPU, there are a few different solutions you can use to try to fix the problem, of which two solutions, or rather two options, are obviously more efficient than the rest.
These two solutions are best described as two different options because to fix this problem, You can either disable the Windows Error Reporting Service completely or find the program or application that is causing the Werfault.exe process to take over your CPU. and get rid of it. The former will cause you to lose the Windows error reporting service, a very useful tool, while the second is a slightly longer solution than the first. The choice is yours.
Method 1: clean the starting system
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Once this is done, reboot your system and test to see if the problem returns, if so, continue with Method 2.
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Method 2: run system file verification scan
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Method 3: disable Windows error reporting service
Hold down the Windows key and press R. In the run dialog, type services.msc
Scroll down the list of services on your computer and find and double-click Windows Error Reporting Service. Click Stop. Open the drop-down menu in front of Startup type, highlight and click Disabled.
Click Apply. Click ok. Restart your computer.
This method will disable WER warnings, but not recommended, because you will not be informed of any errors; Thus, I suggest you continue with the method 3 to determine the cause of these errors. Otherwise, if you feel comfortable leaving it off, no need to continue with the Method 2.
Method 4: Find the program responsible for the Werfault.exe malfunction and get rid of it
Open the start menu, search for eventvwr.msc and open the program that appears.
In Administrative Events Summary, expand the Errors section by double clicking on it.
Find the source responsible for the most (yes not of all) the errors logged in the Event Viewer in the last hour or when the error appeared and double-click it.
Click on the top five or six errors in the list that appears in the new window and check the values of your application name fields at the bottom of the window. The app that appears in the app name fields that crashes for the most (yes not all) clicked errors is the culprit.
Search for the program or app that the culprit is linked to. You can search the internet or manually search your computer to find the program or application that the culprit is linked to.
Uninstall and remove all traces of the program or application with which you found the culprit.
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