svchost.exe takes all cpu time

[Terry]

Lately when I start my PC it seems to take an excessive time to get going.
When I check the TaskManager I notice one instance of svchost.exe using
almost 100% CPU time. I've run my virus checker AVG and spyware checker
Ad-Aware SE Personal but no problems found.

From another message I saw that svchost.exe can be used by trojans and the
legit copy is in the windows\system32 folder. I did a search and found it
in 2 other locations - windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 and
windows\$NtservicePackUninstall$ folders.

I'm running XP Home. Any suggestions other than just wait for the PC to
wake up (it is getting old).

Terry

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Terry

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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[Bob]

I've been getting this type of an error as well. I've narrowed it
down to the Windows Updates Service (wuauclt.exe). Please help

 

[Guest]

Me TOO!....I just turned it off in the controle panel....I thisnk it is
working!!
Anybody else think this ma be the real issue....And is there a patch for
Windows Update...!