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| Thread ID: 76394 | 2007-01-30 23:37:00 | High CPU usage with svchost | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | Press F1 |
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| 520908 | 2007-01-30 23:37:00 | After at first blaming NOD32 (www.pressf1.co.nz) I have now tracked the problem down to windows updates. When I used Process Explorer (www.microsoft.com), I noticed that wuaclt.exe was the culprit. It would appear (episteme.arstechnica.com) that I am not alone. It would also appear that the hotfix (support.microsoft.com) available from Microsoft does not work either. Soin the interim I am going to have to turn-off automatic updates and got to windows update manually every so often. |
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| 520909 | 2007-01-31 00:39:00 | Do you have an Intel CPU? I have a S478 P4, and about 2 weeks after a clean install, started getting those problems, and also a memory could not be read error. These errors were happening before I formatted (for a different reason) and I thought I had dodgy RAM or a dodgy motherboard which didn't like running dual channel memory. I did a bit of googling and reading and the solution was to do with automatic updates. I had to switch off automatic updates, restart, go to windows update and manually apply the updates, restart, switch automatic updates back on and restart again. SInce then (about 3 weeks now) no errors, no svchost using up all my CPU and windows updates are working fine. Apparently it was some problem that affected machines with P4 CPUs here is one of the pages that helped : www.infohq.com |
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| 520910 | 2007-01-31 00:56:00 | I'll try that. Thanks. BTW: I have an Athlon XP 1800. 1.5GB RAM |
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