Component Services

[Guest]

component services in my win xp pro sp2 ie7 have gone haywire ('my computer'
won't load, slow as all heck, system won't shutdown)
as i shut down services in task mgr, eventually 'my com' loads and the slow
speed abates. remedy seems related to one of the svchost.exe progs (there are
8 of them running)
is there a way to have these services restored to their defaults (without
having to reinstall xp, i mean)?
many thnx for any assistance

 

[Gerry]

What are your anti-virus and anti-spyware arrangements?

You need to identify which application is generating excessive use
of svchost.exe. Process Explorer provides more information than Task
Manager.

Download Process Explorer.

For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the svchost
producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties,
Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what
each service does.

You will find further information on Services here:
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

To trace the particular Service involved you need to turn off each
service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU
usage. However, you need to take care and watch what other Services
are dependent on that service. When you click on the Dependencies
tab allow it a little time to display the information.

It would be helpful if you could post the Command Line of the svchost
process generating the excessive CPU usage. In Process Explorer place
cursor on Process and select Properties, Image.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Guest]

thnx very much for your reply gerry

situation unfolded as follows:
1. unable to download process explorer
2. restarted in safe mode and downloaded file
3. restarted in standard mode and, EVERYTHING WORKED!
(seems starting, stopping, starting may have allowed certain services to
reset)
4. followed link to majorg and set all components to "safe" profile
5. everything back to normal
6. will now examine hosts file to try and determine why system so slowwwwww
to start

again, many thnx for sharing your expertise gerry

rgds
blinx