Resource hogging process - AeLookupSvc

Even after carefully avoiding all GWX updates , I notice that a resource hogging process runs as an svchost.exe
for the first 5 minutes after booting .
Process Explorer shows it to be a service called "AeLookupSvc" .
Has anybody else seen this ?

It appears to run only once per day and NOT once per boot and it starts a few minutes after booting , and runs
for about 5 minutes , using up to 25% cpu and 1.5 GB RAM at it's peak !!!

Killing the process causes a second windows update icon to appear in the notification area .... Weird !

I've done a fair bit of searching but I can only find conflicting information and advice , particularly in regard
to removing or blocking this process.
Some say blocking it will cause no ill-effects , others say the opposite.

As a new member I don't think I can post links , but I could name the websites if that's any help.

Have any other MDL members had this problem ?

 

Thanks cocachris89 , I hadn't seen that one before .

On a quick first read-through , two points stand out .

1] Disabling the service is easy , but re-enabling looks awkward

2] It should only be running if a compatibility check is needed for newly installed software

So either I am misunderstanding something , or it shouldn't be running every day.
I've had this laptop for over five years and I have never seen this , or any other resource hogs running before ...
.... and it begs the question .... " Why now ? "

I have made some observations on it's behavior and I'm sure there is no internet / network traffic associated with it.

.... still baffled !

 

Using Task Manager shows the AeLookupSvc as the resource pig , then going to services shows these :-

IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
Background Intelligent transfer service
Computer Browser ( ntsvcs)
Extensible Authentication Protocol
LanmanServer
ProfSvc User profile service
Task scheduler
SENS system Event Notification
Shell Hardware detection
Themes
Winmgmt Windows management instrumentation
wuauserv Windows Update

under the "group" heading , all are labelled as ntsvcs

Some additional info.

1] There doesn't appear to be any network traffic when the process is running.

2] I have refused all Win Updates associated with W10 upgrade for the past year
I have disabled telemetry ( eg CEIP ) in Task scheduler

3] Manually killing the problem service when the Win Update logo is in the toolbar
sometimes causes a second icon to appear next to the first ....

.... just a thought !

I was going to add screen shots from Process Explorer / services but I can't see how to
It looks like I can only add images from a URL

I've spent months , on and off , trying to resolve this problem without success so
I've posted some recent tests , just in case anyone has any tips.

Thanks for reading !

 

Thanks for that oldsh t

Update

Changed Win Update settings to " Never " .... problem disappears

Switch back ... problem returns.

Looks like the OS is trying to " phone home " because I constantly refuse GWX related updates.
It can't , because I have disabled all telemetry related processes in Task Scheduler.