Using 100 cpu svchost exe

This has caused me no end of pain. The computer will not allow me to shut it down through Task Manager. It says that Access is Denied. I am an admin. Any suggestions? Maybe there's a chance that the screwy hijacker thinks it's still giving you a hard time but Windows is simply ignoring it thereby freeing up the computer for you? That might also be a way to get around "Access is Denied" for you, BennettB. Don't make it disappear, just make it quiet.

Hi I am having the same problem were svchost is taking up all of my processor. And I was wondering how to look at each process running under this program. Much information on svchost, the legit Windows programs that use it, viewing the programs that are using it, and how it can be compromised by a virus or other hack, can be found here:. Thanks for the link. FWIW I do try to keep that article, and several related to the same topic, up to date.

This problem is caused by Microsoft Windows Installer 3. Dummy description of svchost. It fetches or gets its "manual" and does what it's told. This means that if its manual is corrupted due to some biterror somewhere along the path it can loop, get nowhere, ask for more and more resources and never finish.

Important thing is that its not the process that calls svchost that is corrupted, most likely it is the "manual" it presents for svchost Good ol' reinstallment of the application that runs the process is nr1 thing to do Deleting the svchost. The problem is most likely not the svchost. Hackers can design a process or thread that calls svchost.

Regardless of the two ways a hacker can "trick" svchost. If you can find a suspicious process in your pc, sure.. For those who wants to see what happens when svchost.

Ok - it took a long time wading through the thousands of posts on this issue, trying a few to no success to hit on the answer. As PaulGoundry stated earlier in this thread - the main culprit for this is Windows Update - not virus's etc although you certainly need to check for these.

Anyway the solution that appears to have worked for me completely comes from Microsoft no registry hacking, turning things off etc. Thanks to the many gurus who posted info on this topic. Discovered these runaway svchost processes a few days ago, tried the usual suspects spyware, visrus to no avail. Great site, thanks. The proper solution is, however, to fix Windows Update rather than turn it off. See the earlier posts in this thread to fix Windows Update itself.

After reading through all the MS gibberish and clicking through many pages and reading and reading it finally lead me to this page which has the MSI. DLL update for a direct download to your computer. Press continue to have MS validate your system and then download after your system has been validated. I did this but I still can't get any updates, it says it is a two part process and the 2nd part is to update the 'Update Client 3. How do you update to Client 3.

I didn't find the update for it, anyone know how? GPU vs graphics card vs video card. This post explains the differences between these three computer hardware components. You can find the problematic svchost. Step 1. Open Task Manager in Windows Step 2. Tap Details tab and scroll down to find the svchost. Find the svchost. Step 3. You can right-click one of the processes and click Stop option to terminate this process.

Step 4. We don't use WSUS and don't have the servers automatically search or install updates. We push updates using a remote management software. So it must be an buggy update from July. The workaround with the deactivation and the management software is nice. But there must be a solution to this problem. Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact tnmff microsoft.

As I can read in the comments the blog does not help at all. Besides this everything was working before since we had this issue in the previous month. But as Danjo wrote Microsoft should also take a look at this problem because it came with some of the last updates. EXE Troubleshooting:. At the moment I have too that symptom too, and the Windows Update to get the new Windows Update agent did nothing. I suspect a new update will come soon.

As soon I can get some new I let you know guys. I tried to flush the Software Distribution's folder, the CPU is less, but it's impacting the server for a long time anyhow. Regards, Philippe Don't forget to mark as answer or vote as helpful to help identify good information. Answer an interesting quest ion? Create a wiki article about it! After killing the svchost twice it stops.

Very annoying. And not related to automatic updates, they had been disabled. After applying this fix, I was finally able to download and install the latest updates and after rebooting, the svchost. Thank you! I recently installed an HP printer c and ever since i got this annoying svchost.

I thought i could solve the problem by eliminating hp printer from startup programs with no success. I have downloaded the files, and tried to solve the problem. Can you tell me please how can i do it? I learned quite a bit from reading this entire page. I was actually surprized that noone had already mentioned Linksys, so perhaps it is only a problem for some systems.

Thanks for all the great suggestions and so on! I was wondering if this fix will also work for svchost. I just have a memory usage problem.

Earlier today before I restarted, svchost. I found the cause of my svchost. From the last one month i was facing the same problem SVhost. There are many different variables that can cause this, however something that has worked on different systems I have worked on is opening task manager, finding the svchost.

This seems to work best on systems where svchost. I have had this problem as well, your solution did not work for me but i was able to isolate the problem to my an hp.

Regarding svchost. I spent a lot of money on software guaranteeing to get rid of this problem. If I could virtually kiss her I would assuming Canadela was a girl.

My laptop runs cool again. Reply and Email me sharadtolwala gmail. After that time, everything worked as it should. The host file may have offered greater protection, but made my laptop a pain in the butt.

I restored to the windows default host file, and now all is well. Ok i noticed the problem after an update from microsoft…. Tried on and off for the past few months to correct svchost.

Usually, just dealt with it by highlighting the svchost. Using the Process Explorer Utility that people have recommended, I clicked on the svchost. Right click and select Properties yielded the culprit.

I clicked the Services tab and found a service that was close to what I found in the svchost. I unchecked the box, clicked apply and rebooted the PC. In my particular case, it was a Hewlitt Packard service that was performing scanning for HP printers on my home network. Thanks to this site and recommending Process Explorer. Initially I thought 33 would be my saviour since we just got a new HP printer. The notepad file was just that. I trying yours and it worked like a charm.

Some window with error appears. It writes that a have setted up bad language. Can u help me?? My company IT replaced memory, re-imaged, and replaced hard drive. I took the laptop to HP for warranty repair. IT wanted me to run over my laptop so they could replace it.

This has been the greatest fix ever. I have since repaired 4 other computers with this issue. My IT dept. Thank you so much for the fix. What a lifesaver. My only question is why does it happen and why is it not noted on the MS site? I have since used auto-updating for MS and have not had any issues since. Follow the instructions exactly as stated and in the same order.

Make a folder in my documents, right-click and save to the folder. Open and run as stated. I would download agaain and repeat the three files. I have never had an issue. It did exactly what is written above. Next I installed the WindowsUpdateAgentx My quick fix to this error problem is to just change the name of the file ext.

But I am sure that it will bring up another problem somewhere in the future. DLL fix can be obtained. I had the problem solved by installing Norton The problem was a bunch of Trojans which were causing svchost. I am not a salesman for Norton, fyi. I am now plagued with this problem : I have tried the first fix but because I use XP SP3 it would not allow the last file to be installed. The restore option keeps being disabled and I cannot back track to a previous working system.

The computer is NOT connected to the web. In despiration I have inserted HD into another computer as a slave and run anti-virus, which duely found one trogon. Re inserted HD and found prolbem still exists. I also tried reinstalling XP SP3 — but just freezes! My only recourse now is a fresh installation, which I would like to avoid — unless anyone can help?

Maybe I missed this in the forum questions and answers. I see from the comments above that this post continues to help people sort out this common issue. Great post! I was having this exact problem for the longest time svchost. Bless you for using your talents to improve the world rather than messing it up, as so many seem to enjoy doing. I appreciate the way you use language that anyone can understand.

Even I was able to follow your instructions. I finally have my computer back! I have the same problem with windows vista as well. I have 12 svchost.

I see this forum is for windows XP. Any suggestions on what to do with vista? Thanks so much! Although I followed your steps. I downloaded the bat file and applied it, tried to install the rest of the files. I have been searching for how to fix this for months.

I was having this same problem.. Normally I leave automatic updates turned off on my computer and all computers that I service — I suddenly realized while reading this article, that I had automatic updates set to the highest level of … automaticness. I disabled automatic updates, set XP to not pester me about the fact that it was disabled..

And problem solved. So, try that first before you go through all of this! Great Forum, thanks. I think someone should take the trouble to tell HP about the irritating behaviour of their software.

I tried, but gave up in their jungle of search for an appropriate address. A printer driver is supposed to be a small and easy application, making no nuisance until it is needed. When you have to change an ink cartridge, you should set off at least one hour to trouble-shooting. First, a built-in mechanism prints out a test page and wants you to scan it.

At best, you risk to restart your computer to make it work. And in the Task Manager, there are several memory-consuming HP processes that are difficult to get rid of, without any possible benefit for me. Because of this, I will buy a different make next time. Me too had the same problem of svchost. Whenever I tried to connect to internet for the first time, svchost. During that period my computer used to remain almost freezed.

I applied the trick and restarted my computer. Hi Bryce, I have had this situation many times in the past. Tried a lot of different fixes, always resorted to rebuilding as those fixes never worked. FOllowed your article and advice, Had success First time.

Great results achieved, first time. I opened up the. Also i am stuck trying to boot into safe mode. The Windows Update issues are old and did not work for me either my system said they were both already installed by Windows XP SP3.

Also, just to help others search for this solution, in addition to svchost. I will have to wait and see. I followed your instructions precisely and everything worked as advertised!! I have an HP series printer. The suggestion from Randy post did not work.

I encounter the same issues as Paul S post For some reason the. Hey i tried this just now and it worked. That svchost. IT works!!! My laptop accually caught fire with this damn thing luckly it still works now I know how to stop itdoing this. Thanks for the fix, worked great for a client computer. In my case running xp home , I discovered that the application causing the problem was an HP printer monitor.

I uninstalled it just to see if it will work. It started after I copied my old hosts into this new setup. I tried all the fixes here and some elsewhere.

I found a program that loaded new hosts. It appears to be a common program for hosts. After weeks of searching for an answer to this problem… and trying out everything on this page … Just wanted to let you know 27 worked!

Thank you!! I would much rather have HP fix their frigging software instead of me having to cripple it manually…. I did also try 27 but that made some funny stuff happen. Fortunately, I had backed up the registry first! I ran the batch file, but it made no difference either, so back to looking for a solution again.

Thanks anyway, it was worth a try. After trying the above fixes and having no success, a bit more research and I found suggestions to turn off Automatic Updates. Anyway, after turning Automatic Updates off yesterday, no more problems with svchost. Today I have re-set Automatic Updates again to notify me, and I will keep an eye on the processor usage I have Task Manager running minimized, so I can see if the processor starts running through the roof again , and if it does, I will turn off Automatic Updates again.

Gotta go, some updates calling me, … that was quick. It seems that just turning off Automatic Updates and re-booting the computer has fixed the problem, whatever it was that was causing it. Hope this will help others. Thanks for your site. Is there a solution to this same issue if the process is Services. My problem is Services, but it does the same thing; the loop to maximum memory on start-up.. How do I fix it?

I have windows Xp with Service pack 3 installed on my computer and for both of these two hot fixes i got massage that they were already installed. I ran the batch file and it works fine now. I have 8 svchost. Is there reason for me to be concerned there? When i start my PC everything was normal until i started to connect my Internet Line. HELP plz. I have encountered problem with svchost. I used the fix published here and it worked fine. I am currently using Cacheman XP..

Nothing has worked! Killed most services, downloaded and installed the patches and the. Am I lost here? Hi, the problem remains. I thought it to be gone but it remained. Plz help. Also KB says the files are incompatible with the one in my system. I have recently uninstalled service pack 3 and am now currently using XP sp2. This might require upgrading from Windows Update. Make sure you can get to the screen that lists the available updates to ensure that you have the latest MS Update version.

Works every time! Start Registry Editor Regedit. In the small box that Opens, type: regedit then click the OK button. The Registry Editor will now have opened. Double click that value, and then delete the default value, thus giving it a blank value.

I was fearing divorce not really with the problems svchost was giving my Mrs. Good on you! I went through every step successfully, and svchost. I followed the steps for running the 3 files.

I got messages that the two. Then I restarted and my CPU seems to be running normally for now. Thank you soooo much for helping me fix this problem. My Dell Latitude was running hot with the fan on all the time. I Googled svhost. After following your steps and rebooting my computer twice, the problem dissapeared.

Thanks again and if you need any advice on loudspeakers, feel free to contact me, Speaker Kevin. Even so the problem seems to have dissappeared and my PC seems to have had a significant increase in performance. Thanks a lot.

I had many errors due to the out of control nature of scvhost. Your fix of the. The system registry not having enough resources error went away completely. This also fixed the behavior of not being able to access folders with large sizes also. Nice piece of work. I think the fact that so many peole are getting this error at this time tells me it was a plant or a mistake in one of the last updates from Microsoft. What better way to convince you to migrate to Vista and or Win7.

Both of those programs have been absolutely awesome during my testing of both systems. I think Microsoft was trying to nudge us over before we are ready. Shame on MS if my conspiracy theory is true. If its not then please disregard. I had the same problem, but that was because a couple of malwares. But when I got rid of those, the problems disappeared. And I notice that not only svchost. Of course, the reason is the same: malwares. So, scan the computer first using Malwarebytes or other software like that and then see if the problem persists.

I noticed others had the same problem. Anyway to fix this? I had the same problem — svchost. I solved it with superantispyware. This software had found trojanbackdoor siszy After deleting this piece of crap no problem with svchost. Thanks a lot, It helped me to get the cpu usage to very low.

Gretat job, continue Bryce. Any other Solution? To solve your problem you must follow these steps: 1. Thank you i found this idea yesterday in the web and it worked …….. Followed your instructions to the t. It did not solve my problem with svchost.

This any help? There is no need to install this update. Thank you for this post! You have assisted my in repairing approx. You are a great person for releasing this data without any payment and this has made me add a link onto my website to this post! My computer Windows XP, Service pack 3 starts up and runs fine until such time as I open explorer and start browsing.

Within the first minute, svchost. Any thoughts on what is causing this please? Have cheked numerous web sites for advice on this including running Regcure and AVG virus scanning to no avail.

I had THE problem with svchost. But as soon as i started Firefox, svchost. What should i do????? Start 2. Run 3. Look where is located in command box. Go to that location 8. Delete this file. Even with hidden files and folders showing, and system files not hidden. Not sure how to remove this, that will be my next step. Thanks for the help, and best of luck to all strugling with this. I have svchost. The exception illegal instruction An attempt was made to execute an illegal instruction.

Have been suffering from a slow and freezing machine for a time. Using Windows XP serv pack 2. Tried all tricks and advices but to no avail. The F-secure is known to be a very heavy program,eating sometimes all of the computer resources. I had this problem on my computer and I tried everything here with no success.

I honestly believe it is a trojan or some sort of virus running in the backround that is hidden by a rootkit. When I tried to kill it my computer would shut down. I found a solution but I do not know if it is a permenant one as it may come back when I turn the computer off and back on. Here you will get another list of options.

You hit the recovery option. Here you will see a list of what to do if the service is interrupted. Currently it should say to shut down computer or restart. Restart your computer and when you notice the slowness again simply open the processor tab and kill the svchost that is causing it. It should not shut down the computer this time and your speed should be back to normal. In the meantime if the problem comes back after shutting off and restarting you can apply it again. In the meantime try to search for the backround program that may be causing it because norton antivirus is not detecting anything for me.