svchost, Windows Update & 100% CPU
 

When i have automatic updates turned on, or if i go to Microsoft Update website svchost.exe will use 100% or almost 100% CPU usage, i have 16 critical updates to install, how do i fix this problem?

Anyone know?

Re: svchost, Windows Update & 100% CPU
 

I had this
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=52714

A system restore point cleared it up.

Re: svchost, Windows Update & 100% CPU
 

I've switched off automatic updates and the problem has gone away....
I don't like doing system restore...
But still these 16 critical updates need to be installed

Thank you for your help...

Re: svchost, Windows Update & 100% CPU
 

Just bite the bullet, set the updates away ans walk away from your machine, it will plough it's way through..... I think :D

What spec is your machine ??

Re: svchost, Windows Update & 100% CPU
 

Its an old computer.... 5 years old lol

Pentium 4 2.66GHz
1GB RAM
80GB HD

not sure of anything else

Re: svchost, Windows Update & 100% CPU
 

There's plenty of good reading in the thread linked to by david.ewles. Take a look see there first :tu:

Sys spec shouldn't be a problem, even though it's getting on a bit :shrug: :D

Re: svchost, Windows Update & 100% CPU
 

Still more than powerful enough to run XP.

Anyhow, this is a solutiion for another problem (actually for Windows Update failing with wierd errors), but it might work here..

Click Start, then Run. Type cmd and press enter.

In the box that appears, type the following, pressing enter after each line.

All that does is to stop Automatic Updates (needed for Windows Update as well), then delete a database it uses. Finally, it restarts Automatic updates.

Note, you should type that code in EXACTLY (better still, copy and paste it).

Re: svchost, Windows Update & 100% CPU
 

this should fix it, be sure to carry out the steps in the right order...


Perform these steps leaving the svchost crash dialog open.

1. Click Start->Run, type "services.msc" (without quotation marks) in the open box and click OK.
2. Double click the service "Automatic Updates".
3. Click on the Log On tab, please ensure the option "Local System account" is selected and the option "Allow service to interact with desktop" is unchecked.

4. Check if this service has been enabled on the listed Hardware Profile. If not, please click the Enable button to enable it.
5. Click on the tab "General "; make sure the "Startup Type" is "Automatic". Then please click the button "Start" under "Service Status" to start the service.
6. Repeat the above steps with the other service: Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)

Step 4: Re-register Windows Update components and Clear the corrupted Windows Update temp folder
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1. Click on Start and then click Run,
2. In the open field type "REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL" (without quotation marks) and press Enter.
3. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded" message, click OK.
4. Please repeat these steps for each of the following commands:

REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

After the above steps are finished. Sicne temporary folder of Windows Update may be corrupted. We can refer to the following steps to rename this folder that

1. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.

net stop WuAuServ

(note, you might need to reboot before the net stop command will work)

2. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.
3. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to SDold.
4. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following command in the opened window.

net start WuAuServ