HELPSVC.EXE uses 100% CPU at will

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dalelee

I have Windows XP Professional instaled on Compaq laptop,
model 2525US.

XP executable, "helpsvc.exe", starts randomly, and take
up to 95 % of CPU.

I can kill this process through Task Mgr when I see this
occurring, , but it is very annoying, and I am not sure if
this high level of prolonged CPU usage could damage my
laptop.

I have created a DWORD entry called Headlines
and given it the value of 0, for the following Registry
Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ PCHealth \
HelpSvc to no effect.

What else can I do to solve this problem.

- Thanks,
Dale Lee
 
Help Center is a network service. Try changing its startup type to manual in services (control panel admin tools)
 
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