Re: svchost running at 100%


"Falcon" <falcon-631@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ecbn9m$p6d$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| 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]


That command will only run in XP Pro.

Get the XP Home version of the Tasklist function here: http://www.computerhope.com/download/winxp.htm

Operating System:Windows XP
Description:Windows XP Tasklist utility
Technical Notes:Enables Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional users to view complete information about the services running on their computer.

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