Re: svchost running at 100%

Ron Martell wrote:

jonathan.quinonez <jonathan.quinonez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]

about a minute after i boot, my system kicks svchost.exe kicks to 100%
it drains all performance and cannot excute any other program.

Which instance of svchost is doing this? There are several of these.
If you look at the processes list in Task Manager you will see that
each process has a unique PID number assigned to it. That allows you
to distinguish the different instances of SVCHOST, among other things.

When you have identified the PID number for the problem instance of
SVCHOST then open a Command Prompt window (Start - Run - CMD).
In the Command Prompt window enter the following command:

TASKLIST /SVC

That will give you a list of all running services, the PID of each,
and the individual tasks that are running under that service.

Post the list of tasks that are running under the problem instance of
SVCHOST back here and we will help you to identify the probably
culprit.


Hi, Ron. That's interesting. I get:

'TASKLIST' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file.

[Windows XP Home SP2]

"Autoruns" http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html gives me a
complete list of services which are supposed to be autorun from the
registry, including an explanation of which services are run under the
general heading, svchost.exe. Maybe that would help. I'm not sure how the
information can be posted to the newsgroup though.

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