Re: SBS 2003 Premium R2 server becomes more unstable, page file grows to enormous size

Dave provided the link in his post.

FIX: When you run Windows Update to scan for updates that use Windows
Installer, including Office updates, CPU utilization may reach 100 percent
for prolonged periods
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916089/en-us

This fixes the svchost.exe issue, even though the description addresses another symptom.

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Les Connor [SBS MVP]


"Dirk-Thomas Brown" <Youhadtoask@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:FE312A0A-4CD4-4931-8E80-EB5E74DA0CE7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Can you clarify as to the hot fix you are referring to please?

Dirk-Thomas

"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B308EFC6-0B93-4024-999F-B2AF4C64A493@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
These are classic symptoms, in fact I've not seen an SBS network that hasn't been affected.

Get the most recent fix, which includes msi.dll. In every case, this hotfix has resolved the issue for me.

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Les Connor [SBS MVP]


"ipadl" <sethschmautz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1173456301.131038.72340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave,

Thanks for the ideas. Under that particular PID I have the following:

AeLookupSvc, Browser, CryptSvc, dmserver, EventSystem, helpsvc, IAS,
lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation, Netman, Nla, RasMan, RemoteAccess,
Schedule, seclogon, SENS, ShellHWDetection, winmgmt, wuauserv

It seems as though the first MS solution met our symptoms more than
the second. The first described a situation where the update services
would continue to use up memory until the system became unstable. The
second described a situation where the CPU useage stayed at 100% for
long periods of time. In our case, we're seeing a growing page file,
but we rarely see the CPU aboe 25%. Most of the time it's more like
2-6% useage with an occaisional jump above this if processes are
running on the server. Any thoughts? Does this seem to fit the mold
of the first MS solution or the second? Thanks again for your help, I
didn't receive a notification that you had replied or I would have
answered sooner. Thanks,

Seth




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