Arin 0 Posted August 19, 2005 When I start up the computer, one of the svchost.exe instances hogs all my cpu and destroys my loading time. I always have to end the task in task manager or else I'll sit here forever waiting for stuff to load. Strange thing is, while playing a game today, it popped back on stealing all my cpus resources again. WTF is going on? Could it be a program disguised as svchost.exe running that is haxoring my boxor? I have Avast! anti virus running as well as a several time a week adaware scheduled cleaning. It's not caught anything strange.... Share this post Link to post
ozyrus 0 Posted August 19, 2005 Have you tried backing up your important data and reinstalling Windows? It usually does the trick for me. (I do this once every 2-3 months) Share this post Link to post
Arin 0 Posted August 19, 2005 I use to reformat all the time but I dont have the time to do it anymore. Share this post Link to post
Wilhelmus 1 Posted August 20, 2005 (This is for XP Pro. Home version does not have required command.) When this hogging starts, press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to start Task Manager. Goto Processes tab. Look for PID of the svchost.exe process which using most CPU time. Then File->New Task(Run...). Type cmd. Then tasklist /svc. You see list some sort of this: Quote: Image Name PID Services ========================= ... svchost.exe 616 DcomLaunch svchost.exe 664 RpcSs ... Using the PID, see which service is hogging your system. Then try disabing the service or setting it to manual via services.msc. Share this post Link to post
Arin 0 Posted August 20, 2005 ok, after it stopped hogging all the resources I was able to run that command in the cmd prompt. The service is Dnscache... could this be because my HOSTS file is humongous? Share this post Link to post
Wilhelmus 1 Posted August 21, 2005 Sometimes XP/2K do not like large HOSTS file. Try setting DNS Client service to manual in Services app. Start->Run. "services.msc". Scroll down to "DNS Client", right-click and select Properties. Select "Manual" from "Startup type" box. Apply/Ok and restart computer. Share this post Link to post