svchost.exe is hanging

[PCandNetworking]

On one of my XP Pro machines, the svchost.exe is using 99% of CPU!! If I login to Administrator, I am able to kill the process, but this is only a temporary fix. Once the machine is re-booted, the problem occurs once again. This is a SYSTEM process. What can I do to fix this??

 

[allan]

Sorry to ask a silly question, but are you sure it's svchost and not system idle process?

 

[PCandNetworking]

Originally posted by allan
Sorry to ask a silly question, but are you sure it's svchost and not system idle process?

No, I'm sure it's not the system idle process. That's ok though, I always asume the stupid things first also.

Here's a screen shot just for verification though.

 

[PCandNetworking]

This system is a Gateway that we purchased a few months back, so I tried using the On-line Chat help on Gateway's site. The only thing they came up with is that they told me to run scan disk and defrag. If this was 95/98/Me, I would believe that this would be the solution, but this is XP Pro for gods sake. I ran defrag for the hell of it, but no change. I may have to roll this sucker back to factory and re-install the applications.

 

[PCandNetworking]

GOT IT!

I couldn't do anymore with Remote Desktop to fix this problem, so I had to got to the site to fix it. I explored many options before I went, and I was down to 2.

#1) run Last Know Good Configuration

or

#2) run System Restore


Well, #1 was the solution. An easy fix, but spent alot of time trying to solve it.