processor is busy

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Steve Busch

In a home netwoking setup under XP, I notice that my
processor spends considerable time in a process called
<svchost.exe> user name: SYSTEM, and that additional
copies of <svchost.exe> user name: Local Service and
Network Service are also running, but are not consuming
resources.
What is <svchost.exe>:SYSTEM doing? It usually eats 40-50%
CPU even when the systems are idle!

How can I fix this?
 
Hi Steve,

svchost.exe is a host process for services. Here's a description:
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q250/3/20.ASP&NoWebContent=1

If you've noticed the extra CPU usage started happening after you made a
configuration change or installed some application, that may have started a
CPU-intensive service. It's also worth checking the event viewer to see if
some service has been reporting a lot of warnings/errors - something may be
misconfigured and the service may be doing a lot of work to recover. One
way to isolate the CPU-using service is to stop services one by one while
keeping an eye on processor usage. Start -> Administrative Tools ->
Services will get you to the services console, and you can stop services -
at least those which are stoppable - from there.

Hope that helps,
Sumit
 
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