CPU usage 100% on startup XP Home

[grace]

svchost.exe system causing 100% AND slow CPU to a halt, I can delete the
service but what is my problem.

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Grace,

There have been a lot of problems regarding svchost and CPU usage incredibly
high,

In my particular machine it manifested itself in slowww web pages being
loaded, or downloads not at all (IE6). OE6 also rediculously slow too.

I Have been using Mike Burgess's custom HOST file for years, but had for got
to disable "DNs Client" in Services. All is back to normal now.Thid
"problem only occurs with XP/2000/ and Vista OS's. It is explained at his
site:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm#Note

I realize this is not a cure-all for those of you *not* running a cusomt
HOST file, but it may be worth looking into. It certainlty cured my
problem,
and things are again normal.

Just an FYI friends,

--
HTH,
Curt

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HTH,
Curt

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[JS]

From Ramesh's web site: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm
Also: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

To find out more about Svchost.exe entries try Process Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
(This will provide the detailed info you need)
Next click/Expand the Svchost.exe process that you are interest in (the one
that's consuming all of your CPU).
Then highlight one of the process listed under Svchost, right click and from
the options listed

select: google
This should display what out there on the web about that process.

Another tool to try is: What's Running
http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx

JS