svchost near 100%

My CPU Usage according to process explorer, is at 100% and svchost is
constantly at about 98%. four an hour now.

Thanks
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Ed H
Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.

You are probably automatically downloading an update. Open Windows Update on
the Start menu.

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"Whatkey" <> wrote in message
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> My CPU Usage according to process explorer, is at 100% and svchost is
> constantly at about 98%. four an hour now.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Ed H
> Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
> 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.
>
>
>

On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 07:44:06 -0500, "Whatkey" <>
wrote:

>My CPU Usage according to process explorer, is at 100% and svchost is
>constantly at about 98%. four an hour now.
>
>Thanks
>--
>Ed H
>Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
>60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.

This is a VISTA group.

DDW
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I bet that really helped the poster. The answer is the same anyway.

"DDW" wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 07:44:06 -0500, "Whatkey" <>
> wrote:
>
> >My CPU Usage according to process explorer, is at 100% and svchost is
> >constantly at about 98%. four an hour now.
> >
> >Thanks
> >--
> >Ed H
> >Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
> >60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.
>
> This is a VISTA group.
>
> DDW
> --
> Reply via this group
> No email please
>

Thank you Mark and Tonyo
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4.00 GB RAM
300 GB HDD


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"Whatkey" <> wrote in message
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> My CPU Usage according to process explorer, is at 100% and svchost is
> constantly at about 98%. four an hour now.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Ed H
> Dell Dimension 4550, WinXP Home SP2
> 60 Gig. HD, 512 DDR, Pentium IV 2.40 GHz.
>
>
>