Article - CS439962
It takes long time to start Method Server due to "MsMpEng.exe" in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 23-Dec-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 12.0 to 13.1
- Microsoft Windows Server
Description
- Taking a long time to start Method Server, e.g. 500 seconds
- Sometimes, the Method Server startup crashes in the middle
- Taking a long time for Windchill PSI Installation
- Windchill server was taken very long time and stuck at 48% while base data loading is happening and crashed multiple times, each attempt taken 4-6 hours
- From Operating System point, MsMpEng.exe consumed Disk IO and CPU
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