msiexec.exe 100% CPU hog

[Guest Peter M]

During startup, my machine has become increasingly SLOW for about 5 mins or

so, and I now discovered that msiexec is sucking up 80-90% of CPU resources,

rendering my system useless until msiexec decides to go away. why is msiexec

running, when I am not trying to install anything? how can i get rid of this

aggravating annoyance at startup?

thanx

[Guest Malke]

Re: msiexec.exe 100% CPU hog

 

Peter M wrote:

> During startup, my machine has become increasingly SLOW for about 5 mins

> or so, and I now discovered that msiexec is sucking up 80-90% of CPU

> resources, rendering my system useless until msiexec decides to go away.

> why is msiexec running, when I am not trying to install anything? how can

> i get rid of this aggravating annoyance at startup?

> thanx

 

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things

worked and the time they didn't?

 

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus

status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and

versions) did you use to determine this?

 

Be sure the computer is clean:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

 

Malke

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