-----Original Message-----
My services.exe randomly sucks up 100% of my CPU. I have
service pack 4 and all of the recent hotfixes. I checked
the KB article Q328885 and it says I have to call for
getting the location of the hotfix, but I am unemployed
right now and I cannot pay for a call for this.
I do NOT want to have to reinstall W2K Pro again, but it
is seriously impeding getting out resumes and my wife's
work for her students.
Any suggestions?
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Same thing happened to me. Here's the fix:
1) edit your C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file
using notepad
2) if you have more than a dozen entries, you are using
some software to defeat PopUp advertisements that creates
a static DNS record in your hosts file that associates the
advertising site with your computer's IP lookback address
3) delete this file or replace it with the original that
your software has renamed to hosts.bak or some similar name
4) reboot
5) this should fix your SERVICES.EXE CPU problem
6) PanicWare has a good PopUP stopper. If you use someone
else, make sure to check the size of your hosts file.
SpyBot Search & Destroy caused my problem by adding DNS
records for thousands of advertising sites associated to
127.0.0.1.
7) Good Luck!!
