RE: svchost.exe high cpu issues

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Well, it is tricky, try the installation again but don't install third-party
at once, just one-by-one, there is should something upsetting the systy
somewhere!.
Look in the Event Viewer and see if any Error can shed some light or lead to
the culprit.
A memory leakage can be inherited even on a new install?, Did you test your
RAM and cleaned the Dust inside.
Try another New HDD and see if the issue will go, sometimes a horked HDD
clusters can be permanently damaged.
HTH.
Regards,
nass

"badun" wrote:

Yes, it also happens in Safe Mode.

I concur with your recommendation, but this is a clean install after running
into the same issue with my last install. Before doing this a 3rd time, I
would probably choose between switching to Linux (this PC is really only used
for mail and Internet, with occasional light productivity app use) or
upgrading the PC to run Vista.

"nass" wrote:

Does this behaviour repeat itself in Safe Mode?.
My Guess you may have a Memory Leakage, which is a pain in the neck, if this
issue still not resolved then back up your data and Perform a clean Install
from scratch.
HTH.
Regards,
nass
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"badun" wrote:

I ran Panda's on-line scanner and AVG's local client. Neither found a virus,
but I'll try a few others. I did run sfc /scannow; it executed but did not
return any feedback as to whether it "did" anything. It reached 100% in its
scan, then just exited w/out any info.

Off to work, will keep troubleshooting tonight!

"nass" wrote:


Any up normal activities that can make the Svchost.exe pog or hog your CPU,
Svchost.exe is a combination of Many running processes on your system like:
RAS
LANman
Cryptograph
and so on, try to be sure the machine is clean from Viruses by scanning from
different Vendors online scanners and also for malwares, don't depend on one
AV program that will protect your machine and spot every day new Cul of
Viruses been introduced to the world of computing.

Did you run the system File checker:
sfc /scannow
HTH.
nass
"badun" wrote:

I did a clean boot and ran both Process Explorer and Filemon. There was no
abnormal activity, so I tried to execute the MS hotfix and the CPU was
immediately pegged. What exactly am I looking for in either Filemon or
Process Explorer?

"nass" wrote:

Perform Clean Boot and see if there is a program causing this and also run
the Processor Explorer and see what running in the background:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processexplorer.mspx

FileMon download:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/filemon.mspx
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass

"badun" wrote:


Open a Run command and type in:
sfc /scannow click [OK] and wait for it to finish, get your XP CD handy to
insert it in if you prompted to do so by the system.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887740

Start clean Boot to determine if there is a software causing this!.

Here are many scenarios like yours and answers:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?query=svchost.exe&cboDiscussionGroup=en_US_4fae9fed-da91-4a2a-9d2b-5dc71973d43c%3Amicrosoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support%3Aen%3AUS%3A%3A%3A%3A&=Go&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support&cat=en_US_4fae9fed-da91-4a2a-9d2b-5dc71973d43c&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us

I ran the scan and it ran to completion, but merely terminated w/out giving
me any results. I read through many of the suggested other threads, but
didn't see anything revelatory.
.

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