update using memory

when computer starts up microsoft update begins and a "svchost.exe" process
runs using 100% of my memory. have to end process in task manager to do
anything else. after this i am unable to install updates and my sound card
stops working. have ran virus scan, "regcure", and anti-spyware numerous
times as well as system restore. any help?

frustrated <> wrote:

> when computer starts up microsoft update begins and a "svchost.exe"
> process runs using 100% of my memory. have to end process in task
> manager to do anything else.

I assume you mean 100% processor utilisation, rather than 100% memory.

For a fix to this problem, please do BOTH of the following:

1. For 32-bit systems, download and save to hard disk, and then install:
<http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe>

2. (not for Vista) Download and install update KB927891:
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891>

If the first of these produces an error message about "Update agent already
installed", then execute the installer again manually, with parameter
/wuforce as in:

WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce

After the fixes have been installed, doing a Microsoft Update or Automatic
Update might still take some time (though not as much as before) and
processor and disk usage, but it should not lock out user-level interaction
with the system and applications, so it should not be an inconvenience.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]

Doesn't seem so....

If you try and print anything after installing the patch as directed at this
site:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blog...showentry=1071

Your printer should be extremely slow, as well as opening other programs
while the machine is checking for updates.

So far I have only documented the 99% CPU usage problem concerning Windows
Updates to machines running WINXP SP2, and Office 2003 SP2. Anyone know
otherwise??? I have heard someone complaining about this with a WIN2K
machine, but have not seen the issue on a WIN2K machine.

-Colin Slaughter



> frustrated <> wrote:
>
> > when computer starts up microsoft update begins and a "svchost.exe"
> > process runs using 100% of my memory. have to end process in task
> > manager to do anything else.
>
> I assume you mean 100% processor utilisation, rather than 100% memory.
>
> For a fix to this problem, please do BOTH of the following:
>
> 1. For 32-bit systems, download and save to hard disk, and then install:
> <http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe>
>
> 2. (not for Vista) Download and install update KB927891:
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891>
>
> If the first of these produces an error message about "Update agent already
> installed", then execute the installer again manually, with parameter
> /wuforce as in:
>
> WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce
>
> After the fixes have been installed, doing a Microsoft Update or Automatic
> Update might still take some time (though not as much as before) and
> processor and disk usage, but it should not lock out user-level interaction
> with the system and applications, so it should not be an inconvenience.
>
> --
> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>
>
>
>