Hi,

I just did an update (12-15) on my XP Pro. Things seem pretty normal until
I try to start Outlook. Then Outlook.exe, ca.exe, and wuauclt.exe take the
CPU to 100%. Outlook has about 50% and the other 2 split the other 50%. If
I kill outlook in the Task Manager, then ca.exe and wuauclt each go to 50%
and my computer is pretty much hung.

Any suggestions? Thanks

ca.exe Firewall
wuauclt.exe Windows update

Check your firewall is not blocking something eg: Windows Update

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Paul Woodsford
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"Rose" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I just did an update (12-15) on my XP Pro. Things seem pretty normal
> until I try to start Outlook. Then Outlook.exe, ca.exe, and wuauclt.exe
> take the CPU to 100%. Outlook has about 50% and the other 2 split the
> other 50%. If I kill outlook in the Task Manager, then ca.exe and wuauclt
> each go to 50% and my computer is pretty much hung.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks
>

Rose wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just did an update (12-15) on my XP Pro. Things seem pretty normal until
> I try to start Outlook. Then Outlook.exe, ca.exe, and wuauclt.exe take the
> CPU to 100%. Outlook has about 50% and the other 2 split the other 50%. If
> I kill outlook in the Task Manager, then ca.exe and wuauclt each go to 50%
> and my computer is pretty much hung.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks
>
>

ca.exe is associated with the EZtrust EZ firewall. One option is
uninstall the updates you installed and then reinstall one at a time to
see what is causing the issue. Another option is uninstall / reinstall
EZ Trust EZ firewall.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Hi,

I went into the control panel and turned off the auto update feature. After
that, when I started Outlook, I got an error message from Outlook about a
file not being closed properly. It repaired itself and continued to work OK
again. I restarted the auto update feature and now everything seems to work
fine.

Thanks.

"Rose" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I just did an update (12-15) on my XP Pro. Things seem pretty normal
> until I try to start Outlook. Then Outlook.exe, ca.exe, and wuauclt.exe
> take the CPU to 100%. Outlook has about 50% and the other 2 split the
> other 50%. If I kill outlook in the Task Manager, then ca.exe and wuauclt
> each go to 50% and my computer is pretty much hung.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks
>