svchost.exe is taking up all my cpu resources

[Guest]

I am running Windows XP home with SP2 and have all the latest updates.

When I turn on my PC in the morning, the PC is incredibly slow. Once
Outlook is automatically booted, everything else I want to load (Including
internet explorer or explorer) takes minutes - the system is essentially
busy. If I look at Task Manager, I can see that one svchost.exe program is
taking up 100% of the cpu cycles. The user name is System and the file size
varies between 90K and 120K. This goes on and on unless i remove the
process. If I select to remove the process, everything works OK - I think!

How can I find out what program/service the svchost.exe is loading and why
it seems to go on forever.

Help.
Yours,

A very inexperienced user

 

[CreateWindow]

Hi Lily,
Yes, you probably have the recent svchost problem. An unintentional bug
introduced by Windows Update.

First you need reboot and login. Then as *fast as possible* stop the
Automatic Updates service before your PC becomes unusable.

Start / Run -type in -> net stop wuauserv and click ok.

OK now relax...

1) You need to download and install the new update client:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

2) Then this patch:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927891

After applying the above updates - svchost still runs high CPU usage
*but* not 100% only 88 - to 97 % and drops down more often. The PC is
quite responsive compared to the old 100% lockups.

Problem fixed.

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