svchost.exec???????????

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My computer chokes up. so I check out the task manager, and every time it's
this svchost.exec taking 98% of my cpu power. I end that process
everything goes back to normal for a while. Plus, there are about 7 of these
thing runing. If i shut down the wrong one, it will shut off my system.
What is it, and can I get rid of it?
 
twistedinvegas said:
My computer chokes up. so I check out the task manager, and every time
it's
this svchost.exec taking 98% of my cpu power. I end that process
everything goes back to normal for a while. Plus, there are about 7 of
these
thing runing. If i shut down the wrong one, it will shut off my system.
What is it, and can I get rid of it?
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Start here:

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware


Malke
 
twistedinvegas said:
My computer chokes up. so I check out the task manager, and every time
it's
this svchost.exec taking 98% of my cpu power. I end that process
everything goes back to normal for a while. Plus, there are about 7 of
these
thing runing. If i shut down the wrong one, it will shut off my system.
What is it, and can I get rid of it?
Click to expand...

My experience is that the problem is related to wuauclt.exe (Windows
Update). Download "Process Explorer" from sysinternals. It is similar to
task manager but has a lot more functionality. Svchost is the generic
windows Service Host and may be running any number of system services. It
is considered normal to see more than one occurance on any given system.
With Process Explorer, you can see what services are running within any
given instance of svchost.

There are several Microsoft KBs about this issue (if it is related to
Windows Update). Make sure you have the latest MSI Installer, and the
latest update client (I think it is 3.0). If you are getting updates from
WSUS, make sure your WSUS server is available and has the IIS service
running correctly. Other than that, the only way I have found to stop it is
to disable automatic updates and check for them manually from time to time.
My company is considering opening a support ticket with Microsoft on this
issue as everytime we release WSUS updates, all of our remote users loose
1/2 day waiting for svchost to decide to release the cpu.

John R
 
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