XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: noone@nowhere.nothere.com   
      
   On 02/10/2011 14:48, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   > On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 00:26:00 +0100, "Tim Meddick"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.    :-)   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   THANK YOU!!! I think you've nailed it!   
   > Frequently when this action is going on, update.exe   
   > is also running.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>  wrote in message   
   >> news:hiu687p14gjlvpl1tgu99aq8ng1lpjd2t9@4ax.com...   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> 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 ????   
      
   So now you need to regularly manually update everything.   
   Don't forget, or your system may be compromised again.   
      
   I suggest you turn these services back on and let them complete.   
   They don't hog anything once they've finished downloading and   
   installing the latest security updates.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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