System locks up

[Guest Bill]

After starting up xp home, system locks up. When I go into windows task

manager, there are two processes both svchost.exe /system that is using 100%

of my cpu usage. This started about 4 days ago. Initially it only happened

when I turned on my modem for internet connection. Now after replacing the

modem, it is happeneing offline. Is there any way of identifying which

programs are using all the cpu memory?

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: System locks up

 

"Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:84F8C8E6-6360-4B96-ADE1-114B39B1E17A@microsoft.com...

> After starting up xp home, system locks up. When I go into windows task

> manager, there are two processes both svchost.exe /system that is using 100%

> of my cpu usage. This started about 4 days ago. Initially it only happened

> when I turned on my modem for internet connection. Now after replacing the

> modem, it is happeneing offline. Is there any way of identifying which

> programs are using all the cpu memory?

 

 

This program from Microsoft will show you what processes are running under each

instance of svchost.

 

Process Explorer v11.13

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

 

What you should also be trying to narrow down is what's changed in the few days

since this problem first appeared. Event Viewer might be helpful in this regard.

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest Gerry]

Re: System locks up

 

Bill

 

SP2 or SP3?

 

Download Process Explorer.

 

For further information about Process Explorer see here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

 

It would be helpful if you could post the Command Line of the svchost

process generating the excessive CPU usage. In Process Explorer place

cursor on Process and select Properties, Image.

 

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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Bill wrote:

> After starting up xp home, system locks up. When I go into windows

> task manager, there are two processes both svchost.exe /system that

> is using 100% of my cpu usage. This started about 4 days ago.

> Initially it only happened when I turned on my modem for internet

> connection. Now after replacing the modem, it is happeneing offline.

> Is there any way of identifying which programs are using all the cpu

> memory?