XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: timmeddick@o2.co.uk   
      
   You don't say how much RAM your system has installed...  I mention this   
   because it has been documented that there is a known issue with Windows XP   
   systems running "Window's Automatic Updates" with 512MB of RAM.   
      
   The process (in the Window's Task Manager under the "Processes" tab) is   
   named WUAUCLT.EXE but initializes the SVCHOST.EXE process in order to   
   access the internet.  It shares it's massive requirement of RAM between   
   these two processes for a period of anywhere between 5 and 30 minutes while   
   it searches for any new system updates on the internet.  After this time,   
   this particular instance of "svchost.exe" terminates and is no-longer a   
   resource "hog".   
      
   It may be the case that your issue has nothing at all to do with "Window's   
   Automatic Updates", however, even if you have a good deal more than the   
   512MB of RAM that this issue is associated with, there's no harm in   
   disabling WAU for a time to see if the "hogging" stops...   
      
   You can do this by disabling WAU in the "Window's Updates" control panel   
   and, as an extra precaution, also disable the "Automatic Updates"   
   (wuauserv) service in "Local Services" (type "services.msc" into the "Run"   
   box on the Start Menu)...   
      
   ==   
      
   Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)   
      
      
      
      
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   news:hiu687p14gjlvpl1tgu99aq8ng1lpjd2t9@4ax.com...   
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   >   
   > Just did a system restore and reboot. Can hardly use anything ----   
   >  svchost.exe has been running for 10 minutes using 60K RAM   
   > and 99% od CPU.   
   >   What is all this ????   
      
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