How do I fix this high CPU usage svchost virus or whatever it is?

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not sure if this is a good fix for the CPU usage problem. The Windows Update Service isn't just required for Automatic Updates (Windows Updates) it's also required to be running to install WIndows Updates, at least with Windows Vista it is. If you disable the DNS Client Service it should fix the problem. If you can't disable the service you may need to boot into Safe Mode and set the service to Disabled from there then restart.

I checked out the computer management section's Automatic Updates tab to be disabled from the start. the issue im facing is that when i am logged on to the internet my comps' fine and the svchost doesnt act up. But when i logoff and start doing things offline my processor starts to heat up can someone please help me? i appreciate it

thanks very much for the tips and advice.
now my computer is responding much faster.

I used the process explorer to find the source of the lockup of my computer. The culprit was a HPSystem program running under svchost. I killed the process and everything works fine. Multiple calls and emails to HP has produced no resolution. The source of the program is the printer installation associated with an L7580 Officejet. I have to kill the process everytime I reboot. Classic case of GARBAGE software delivered with a classy piece of hardware. I hope HP finds that ticking off their customer is worth the savings of providing junk Software developed overseas.

I too have SVCHost using about 95% of my cpu, I downloaded the process explorer and all i see is generic host process for win 32. I also have an HP printer on my network but I am not sure how to see if the network services is running. any ideas?

Thank you so much for this website! I found my problem was the windows update issue and I was able to fix it using the how to stop Windows update. It was easy to follow.
Thanks again!

I have not had any particular problems with SVChost blocking up my CPU. What I am curious about is my firewall frequently pops up with the question "svchost is trying to access the internet." (Or words to that effect)"Allow? Deny?" I always click "deny". My question is (a) why is it trying to access the internet and (b) am I correct to continue to deny it access?

Cheers Patrick

OMG, I have spent endless amounts of time trying to fix this problem and thought I would have to reformat my hard drive. It was the HP Network Device Support for my HP Officejet Pro L7780. Thank you! It dropped it from 100% to 2-10% in a moment.

hi, i do a stupid thing he other night, i was playing but my cpu went to slow so i try to kill some processes. then i, piss off, kill a svchost.exe with a user name Network Services; It appears a message that my system have an error and it rebooted, i was more piss so i wait to shutdown, but instead of waiting to turn on the windows and shutdown properly i turn off the computer, then a couple of days later i turn on the windows partition and my network card appears with "Connection null or limited" or something like that, i was strange because in my linux partition i could navigate well. So i try to uninstall the controllers of the NIC, enter safe mode and try to navigate and nothing happens, the error still was there. I even repair and then format my windows partition with my cd of windows but neither of them work. i can understand why with a format, that obviously change all the windows archives, it didnt work. Do you know what happend and how can i repair it?? Thanks for answering

Hi,
Just tried everything to fix this same problem - eventually discovered it was my Tom Tom Sat Nav programme which was running in the background that was causing the problem !
Just thought I'd mention it incase it helps others.
Thanks.

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