Re: svchost.exe using up the cpu

From: mac davis (mac.davis_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:33:30 GMT

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:36:35 -0500, "Scott M." <s-mar@BADSPAMsnet.net>
wrote:
I realize that it has to be running, scott, but this is crazy.....
It has my hard drive running constantly and is using almost all of my
cpu, all of the time...it never stops or pauses or anything...
I need my computer to work, and it only allows me 5 or 10% of the cpu
usage for applications...
If this is how xppro works, i'm going back to win2000!

>svchost.exe is supposed to be running. It has to do with the various
>services that always run in the background. You may also find that several
>versions of it run simultaneously.
>
>
>"mac davis" <mac.davis@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:cj5d305u2gg80spp74jn24n2mn8vcjm4vn@4ax.com...
>> I upgraded from win2000 to xppro and since then (2 days ago) my hard
>> drive has run almost constantly..
>> I tracked it to svchosat.exe in the task manager/processes..
>> it is always active, ranging from 40 to 100% of cpu usage...
>> I've tried disabling both anti virus and firewall, not difference...
>> I know that svchost is supposed to be working in the background, but
>> this is unacceptable...
>>
>> I ran the compatibility program before install, so my McAfee antivirus
>> and firewall have been updated...
>> neither McAfee or Norton found any virus on the network, and I removed
>> all the spyware with Spybot before and after installation..
>>
>> Any advice here would be greatly appreciated... it's driving me crazy,
>> between not having any cpu available and hearing the hard drive
>> running off and on constantly..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mac
>

Mac

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