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Brian Wood
I have noticed an unusual problem that I have never
experienced on any version of Windows. I will be in the
middle of something, then decide to load a separate
program (say internet explorer, outlook, notepad, or all
of the above). They won't load. I can click them as many
times I want, but to no avail. It just happened a few
minutes ago. No programs will load until I force the
computer to reboot (then right when Windows is shutting
down they all open at once). Although sometimes I can get
the programs (that aren't loading) to load if I open
Internet Explorer (when it does load). I went through my
task manager and started closing programs that had any
kind of memory usage over 3,000KB. I found multiple
instances of SVCHost.exe running. I closed the one with
14,000KB occupied. Immediately, all the programs that I
had clicked opened. It seems it had put them (programs)
in que until something was completed, although I don't
know what. It's really annoying. Especially, since I lost
all Windows XP feel (blue top bar, the red "X" to close
the window) So, I reboot, and everything is better. Any
ideas? I'm pretty sure I don't have a virus, since I have
it updated regularly and have done scans in the past.
It's really annoying, because when it does freeze up, not
a single program will start. I can make do with the other
programs that are currently open, but it is rather
annoying to have to reboot or find a program that will
launch the rest. I have tried to find out which programs
are in which groups of SVCHost.exe but since I don't have
XP Professional I can't see a very good list in CMD
Prompt. The registry's list is somewhat less than
appealing. I have also posted this message over a month
ago to XP General Newsgroup with the only response, "I
have that problem too."
Brian
experienced on any version of Windows. I will be in the
middle of something, then decide to load a separate
program (say internet explorer, outlook, notepad, or all
of the above). They won't load. I can click them as many
times I want, but to no avail. It just happened a few
minutes ago. No programs will load until I force the
computer to reboot (then right when Windows is shutting
down they all open at once). Although sometimes I can get
the programs (that aren't loading) to load if I open
Internet Explorer (when it does load). I went through my
task manager and started closing programs that had any
kind of memory usage over 3,000KB. I found multiple
instances of SVCHost.exe running. I closed the one with
14,000KB occupied. Immediately, all the programs that I
had clicked opened. It seems it had put them (programs)
in que until something was completed, although I don't
know what. It's really annoying. Especially, since I lost
all Windows XP feel (blue top bar, the red "X" to close
the window) So, I reboot, and everything is better. Any
ideas? I'm pretty sure I don't have a virus, since I have
it updated regularly and have done scans in the past.
It's really annoying, because when it does freeze up, not
a single program will start. I can make do with the other
programs that are currently open, but it is rather
annoying to have to reboot or find a program that will
launch the rest. I have tried to find out which programs
are in which groups of SVCHost.exe but since I don't have
XP Professional I can't see a very good list in CMD
Prompt. The registry's list is somewhat less than
appealing. I have also posted this message over a month
ago to XP General Newsgroup with the only response, "I
have that problem too."
Brian