High CPU load after boot-up

[Simon Stock]

Hallo,

I have a problem with my Notebook (Acer TM 6004LCi XP Pro.), one
of the svchost.exe tasks always uses 99% of the CPU for 2 minutes
directly after the boot-up. When I look at the threads of that task, the
sysinternals process explorer shows me this one for approx. 30 seconds:

ADVAPI32.DLL!CryptVerifySignatureW+0x17

and then it switches to this one:

ntdll.dll!Rt|AllocateHeap+0x18c

I have the same situation, when I start or end a mode connection and
when I start or end a WLAN connection.

Any ideas?

Thanks a lot,
Simon

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Simon

Autoruns is a programme, which list everything starting and
where it starts from.Try downloading and installing:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

You can save the output of the Everything tab to a txt file.
Place the cursor on any item in the list and it gives a save
as option on the File drop down. Post a copy of suspect
entries giving details of the start location.

See if you can ascertain what starts the chain of events.

Are there any related problems highlighted in Event Viewer?

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System and
Application logs for when the problem occurs and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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