svchost.exe bogdown!

[Guest]

Hi all,

I have 7 instances of svchost.exe running on my computer. 1 for Local
Service, 4 for System & 2 for Network Service. In particular one of the
Network Service instances is constantly using between 50%-100% of my CPU even
in idle, all of the time. My mouse always has the sand timer running & as you
can imagine when I try to do other tasks my comp is as slow as a snail. Has
anyone any ideas how I can rectify this problem.

TIA

 

[Gerry]

You need to identify which application is generating excessive use
of svchost.exe.

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.



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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England

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