svchost 100% cpu and network connections service

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I had what appears to be a common problem with svchost taking 100%cpu. I was

convinced it was the problem listed in KB 927891. I applied those updates

but no luck. It still showed 100% CPU like the article said it might.

However, turning off automatic updates didn't stop the CPU problem. Which

led me to think that it might not be update related after all.

 

So I used "sc config wuauserv type= own" to start the updates in their own

svchost and it that confirmed it. Procexp showed that the updates svchost

was happy but the other was still taking 100% cpu.

 

So by a process of elimination I got it down to the "Network connections"

service which is set to "manual" but always started after a reboot. I

disable that service, and svchost never hogs 100%. Re-enable it and it does.

 

Googling doesn't seem to reveal any known issues with that service and

svchost taking 100% cpu....

 

SO, 2 questions....

 

1. How can I undo my "sc config wuauserv type= own" command to get updates

back into a shared svchost? No need to have it in its own since its not the

problem.

2. Anyone know of any issues with the network connections service that I

can somehow fix and re-enable it?

 

-Charts

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RE: svchost 100% cpu and network connections service

 

Bump....

 

Any ideas?

-Charts

 

"charts" wrote:

> I had what appears to be a common problem with svchost taking 100%cpu. I was

> convinced it was the problem listed in KB 927891. I applied those updates

> but no luck. It still showed 100% CPU like the article said it might.

> However, turning off automatic updates didn't stop the CPU problem. Which

> led me to think that it might not be update related after all.

>

> So I used "sc config wuauserv type= own" to start the updates in their own

> svchost and it that confirmed it. Procexp showed that the updates svchost

> was happy but the other was still taking 100% cpu.

>

> So by a process of elimination I got it down to the "Network connections"

> service which is set to "manual" but always started after a reboot. I

> disable that service, and svchost never hogs 100%. Re-enable it and it does.

>

> Googling doesn't seem to reveal any known issues with that service and

> svchost taking 100% cpu....

>

> SO, 2 questions....

>

> 1. How can I undo my "sc config wuauserv type= own" command to get updates

> back into a shared svchost? No need to have it in its own since its not the

> problem.

> 2. Anyone know of any issues with the network connections service that I

> can somehow fix and re-enable it?

>

> -Charts