Svchost and Svchost.exe - Crashs, CPU maximization, viruses, exploits and more.

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Carl: well, SFC basically *is* a type of repair, so you've already attempted that. I think that yes, my next approach would be to attempt to reinstall XP on top of your existing installation. That would also be a type of repair.

Before you do that, have you checked the event log for any interesting information that might relate to the times the installs or SFC fail?
http://ask-leo.com/archives/000095.html

David: I don't have anything very specific for you yet. The 2250 indicates that the workstation couldn't find a network ... so I supposed one possibility is that your network card has a problem. Seems unlikely, but that could be ruled out by swapping it out (or just adding another).

I'd also take a run at the System File Checker, just to see if something gets repaired as part of that process. http://ask-leo.com/archives/000074.html

is it normal to have 5 svchost.exe processes running at one time?

I'm having seriously weird slowdown/hang problems. I *think* it has to do with SVCHOST, as Zone Alarm is noting outgoing attempts by "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services" to access 255.255.255.255:67. The count on these attempts varies anywhere from 14 to 42. These seem to correlate with "beeps" I hear when the system hangs for a minute and cpu usage upspikes sharply. This (whatever "this" hang is) also causes a delay in mouse response, which has become increasingly common. I've also noticed Explorer spiking up to 70% cpu usage. Does this sound like anything familiar??? Thanks for any help you can provide.

John: absolutely, yes. Check out this article: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000030.html

JYW: Nothing *specifically* familiar, other than the host of viruses and spyware that seem to be abundant. Have you gotten the absolute latest virus signatures downloaded and run scans for both?

Hello Leo

I have XP pro installed and I am unable to "change the way user log on or off". I get the following message
"Client Services for netware has disabled the welcome screen and fast user Switching. To restore these features you must uninstall client services for netware"

I have disabeled this .EXE with not much luck. Can you help please?

Go to Start > controle panel > user accounts > "change the way user log on or off".

I don't have actually any comment but i want more information about that svchost coz it is taking 100% of my cpu.i wonder why and how can I overcome this problem.Thanx foryour help.
Di.

Yarub: Netware is incompatible with fast user switching. Here's the Microsoft Knowledgebase article on it: http://ask-leo.com/d-40507a

Diane: that's what this article your commend was posted on was all about. How did it not help?

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