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After installing the latest Creative drivers my system began to become slow. I noticed svchost.exe pegging the CPU 99%. After rebooting again it seems ok now. Could this be a driver problem? Thanks in advance! (:

At last.....turning off completely Windows Update has fixed the problem. My question is why does MS not make this issue more public so people know about it.
It took me over 5 hours to find this post.
Grrrrr
Surf

Hi, I was wondering if svchost.exe could be responsible for my computer disconnecting from the internet. when windows first boots up my internet connection is fine, but after a while I loose complete internet connection (however my computer still claims to be connected) The more bandwith I use the faster it looses its connection. I am running a computer with a decent amount of memory (1gb) and sp2. I have had the problem with my other computers as well.. my ISP says that the modem is connects just fine, so somewhere between the modem and my computer there is a problem.. do you think svchost could be the problem?? if not, what do you think it might be?

I've ran virus scans a few times over with different programs, it won't detect the SVCHost as a virus. Seems that when I close this nasty svc that runs my cpu at 100%, my sound devices go dead. No more audio for me. :(

It would be nice to know exactly what programs would detect viruses infecting/using the SVCHost.

Remove the composant Windows Update in Internet Explorer and restart. It works for me on two computer !

Bye

Hello Leo,

I checked my system with anti virus 3 times i formatted my hard disk. There was no virus. i dont know what is wrong with my system. SVCHOST.exe starts running after 5 mins the systems boots and after that it utilizes 100% of my CPU. i am not even able to shut down my system

Please help

Thanks
David

Same here, I formatted my harddrive and re-installed XP 3 times now and in about 5 minutes svchost.exe has taken up 100% of my processor and I can't do anything. Not even CTRL-ALT-DELETE!

It seems to be related to Windows Update, which I want to use. If I end task this particular svchost before it goes crazy, and then try to use windows update again, it runs svchost AGAIN and then hangs. (There are other svchost's running, but they don't seem to be related.) No Windows updates ever show up to install. It just sits there like dummy. (Microsoft update does the same thing...)

It can't be much cause it's a fresh Windows XP install, so what gives? I need Windows Update but I also need it not to hang after 5 minutes...

There's got to be a solution!

Same here, I formatted my harddrive and re-installed XP 3 times now and in about 5 minutes svchost.exe has taken up 100% of my processor and I can't do anything. Not even CTRL-ALT-DELETE!

It seems to be related to Windows Update, which I want to use. If I end task this particular svchost before it goes crazy, and then try to use windows update again, it runs svchost AGAIN and then hangs. (There are other svchost's running, but they don't seem to be related.) No Windows updates ever show up to install. It just sits there like dummy. (Microsoft update does the same thing...)

It can't be much cause it's a fresh Windows XP install, so what gives? I need Windows Update but I also need it not to hang after 5 minutes...

There's got to be a solution!

Hey, surf, how do you turn off Windows Update? I wanna try that and see if it works. LEO HELP me!!!

SVCHOST is killing me. Usually it'll start taking up all of my CPU usage for about 5-10 minutes then it's done. I'll be fine for a while, then out of no where, (i could be in the middle of playing video games or surfing the web, and it starts up again) for about 5-10 minutes.. it's so frustrating... Is there ANY solution? I'm not a computer geek, so i dont know about all of that tech stuff? Isnt there a product i can buy or something to fix this? I dont want to go re-formatting stuff, and deleting things, when i dont know what i'm doing..... :( HELP?

Oh, and is this a safe thing to try? or is it a Scam? http://fix-pc-errors.com/svchost.htm

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