Svchost.exe taking 99% of processor

[Guest]

What would cause this to take 99% of the processor? I just reinstalled
Windows XP Home on a brand new HD for someone, upgraded to SP2 and now
shortly after bootup Svchost.exe starts hogging up 99% of the processor? It
has never been been connected to any network or internet?

Thanks

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Tim" <[email protected]>

| What would cause this to take 99% of the processor? I just reinstalled
| Windows XP Home on a brand new HD for someone, upgraded to SP2 and now
| shortly after bootup Svchost.exe starts hogging up 99% of the processor? It
| has never been been connected to any network or internet?
|
| Thanks

Something with the hardware. Auddio ? Wireless NIC ?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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| What would cause this to take 99% of the processor? I just reinstalled
| Windows XP Home on a brand new HD for someone, upgraded to SP2 and now
| shortly after bootup Svchost.exe starts hogging up 99% of the processor? It
| has never been been connected to any network or internet?
|
| Thanks

 

[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.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
Click/Expand the Svchost.exe process that you are interest in.
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.

JS