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Computer help: Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources?
- 4/24/09 2:31 PM
Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 4/24/09 2:31 PM
Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources?
-- Yes (When does this occur? How frequent?)
-- No (Lucky you!)
-- Sometimes (When does this occur?)
-- I have no idea what you are talking about. (Then I guess it's not an issue for you.)
-- I don't use Windows.
No I've never had this problem Lee
by anmor - 4/24/09 3:00 PM In reply to: Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I must be one of the lucky ones. I have Windows XP Pro, Vista & W7 installed.
***?
by gringojo - 4/24/09 8:31 PM In reply to: No I've never had this problem Lee by anmorHow the Hell can you have XP,vista, & W7 (is not even out yet) all installed @ the same time? you cant that wont work
You can have multiple operating systems on the same drive.
by grabacon9 - 4/24/09 8:39 PM In reply to: ***? by gringojoYou can if you have multiple partitions split on your hard drive. Just use partition magic or use this: http://download.cnet.com/Easeus-Partition-Manager/3000-2248_4-10863346.html?tag=mncol
huh?
by gringojo - 4/24/09 9:35 PM In reply to: You can have multiple operating systems on the same drive. by grabacon9Why dont make sense
L**R
by gringojo - 4/24/09 9:34 PM In reply to: No I've never had this problem Lee by anmorhuh! lucky? yeah sure right ok Pinochio
Gone but not forgotten
by jkollar - 4/25/09 12:03 PM In reply to: No I've never had this problem Lee by anmorI had the problem for awhile although I voted no. I got rid of it by turning off email scanning in Norton Systemworks. Haven't had a problem since. My view: let the antivirus software from my ISP and on my computer protect me from incoming email. Outgoing email, people I send email to should know better than to open email from me. 
Yes, svchost.exe also hogged my CPU resources (98%)
by mustang_r - 4/24/09 7:55 PM In reply to: Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This used to happen, about 18 months ago, when I was using an early version of WindowsXP. I would simply use the "stop process" option in the Task Manager to stop or overcome it. At some point thereafter, it just stop doing it, and because I didn't notice exactly when it stopped, I don't know what additions or updates might have corrected the issue. I do remember that the problem usually presented when I had 3 or more 'online' windows open, and was visiting multiple sites - I think I also had a photo-editing s/w program open at the time. I have noticed multiple 'svchost.ex' processes listed in the Task Manager now and wonder if maybe having more might have resolved the issue? I don't know.
On Vista I no longer have this problem
by gunillak - 4/25/09 11:43 AM In reply to: Yes, svchost.exe also hogged my CPU resources (98%) by mustang_rI used to have this problem occasionally when I was on XP. On Vista now and I no longer have this problem ... a lot of others, but not this one
I had this happen on my old computer...
by grabacon9 - 4/24/09 8:40 PM In reply to: Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had this happen on my old computer and in order to fix it I had to clean the fan etc. Eventually, I got tired of cleaning it..So, I got me a new computer. Problem Solved.
On occasion it did, until...
by Paul C - 4/25/09 2:23 AM In reply to: Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
...I learned a few tricks.
1. Do you really need Windows' Indexing your drives for supposedly faster searching? No. Right-click the drives in Computer (Vista) or My Computer (XP and earlier) and clear the check box for indexing. Click Apply, then follow the prompts to apply to all folders, subfolders and files. If Windows says if can't apply this to a folder, click "Ignore." Repeat for all drives/partitions. I personally don't use Windows' hopeless search function; instead, I use the freeware Locate32, available at http://www.locate32.net/. It's blazingly fast, accurate, and only updates its file index upon your request through its Updtdb32 applet.
2. In the same popup window, clear the check box for file compression. In this day of 1 Tb hard drives, do we really need to compress an entire drive/partition?
3. Any version of Windows from Windows 2000 onward starts any number of services, all of which consume both RAM and CPU resources. Many of them are totally unnecessary and only gobble up system resources. Go to http://www.blackviper.com and select the guide pertaining to your operating system (Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, XP 32-bit Service Pack 3, XP 64-bit Service Pack 2, Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows 7 Beta). The "Safe" configuration works fo almost all of us; if you have a different configuration, then leave that service available. Oh, and did I mention that you should have your PC updated to the latest service pack available for your OS? You should. Doing this WILL result in a lower drain on system resources and improved boot/shutdown times. However, results may vary, your mileage may vary, past performance is not a predictor of future results, and all those other disclaimers. 
4. Malware is a frequent cause of such problems. If svchost.exe suddenly starts gobbling up resources, I'd pay attention to any software I'd installed immediately prior to the problem starting. If I hadn't installed any software, or if I determined that the newly installed software wasn't causing the problem, then I'd scan my PC for malware with a number of tools, both offline and online; a practice you should be doing.
Hope this helps,
Paul
svchost.exe hog all CPU resources
by ryim668 - 4/25/09 5:03 AM In reply to: Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It did happened to me a couple of time. After doing some research in google, I found that it was caused by a virus which resides in the memory when you start the machine running my xp.
svchost
by maldelus - 4/25/09 5:17 AM In reply to: Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have noticed the executable at times but haven't experienced any problems associated with it. I will download the recommended program to id the various users though in the event I suddenly experience a problem with the execuatable.
svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources?
by shubhkaransingh - 4/25/09 5:33 AM In reply to: Poll: Does svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Yes I faced problems many time.
svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources?
Nvidia nView
by eelydnic - 4/25/09 5:47 AM In reply to: svchost.exe ever hog all your CPU resources? by shubhkaransinghI had this problem several months back also. Extremely frustating!!! Tried everything, google, process monitor, process explorer, etc.
Turned out it was my Nvidia nView Desktop Manager. Once I turned it off everything was good.
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