CPU usage spikes up when SVChost loads on boot

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Hey guys,
I have done a fresh install of windows xp pro with SP2 on a
laptop(700mhz,128mb ram) however for some reason on boot svchost keeps
spikeing the CPU usage up to 90%+! It makes the system inoperable
unless I end svchost right when it loads. When I used a third party
task manager(process explorer) I found that svchost seems to make the
cpu spike when processing ""ntdll.dll!RTlAllocateHeap+0x18c" anyone
know why this is happening and how to fix it? thanks!
 
Raventy said:
Hey guys,
I have done a fresh install of windows xp pro with SP2 on a
laptop(700mhz,128mb ram) however for some reason on boot svchost keeps
spikeing the CPU usage up to 90%+! It makes the system inoperable
unless I end svchost right when it loads. When I used a third party
task manager(process explorer) I found that svchost seems to make the
cpu spike when processing ""ntdll.dll!RTlAllocateHeap+0x18c" anyone
know why this is happening and how to fix it? thanks!
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ntdll.dll is an essential Windows component so you may have kiiled
something critical.

With only 128 mb of RAM your computer is almost unusable for any
substantive work running XP Pro. You need to add at least an
additional 256 mb of RAM and preferably even more, up to a total of
512 mb.

Good luck


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With the new Windows Vistia requirments you might want to consider just upgrading to 1 gig memory. It is Microsoft recommended now.

Thanks,
Eric
 
I have another pc of similar specs and it runs xp no problem.. I just
dont understand why this one keeps raping the cpu with
"ntdll.dll!RTlAllocateHeap+0x18c" anyone know what that is/does?
 
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