xp updates slowing my laptop to a snails pace HELP

Updates are currently off on my laptop becuase every time I switch it on my
laptop crashes or slows down that it takes me about 10 min to go to control
panel to switch it off or pessing control alt delete to stop process.

Can anyone please help

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MORLICH07 wrote:
> Updates are currently off on my laptop becuase every time I switch it on
> my
> laptop crashes or slows down that it takes me about 10 min to go to
> control
> panel to switch it off or pessing control alt delete to stop process.
>
> Can anyone please help

I am sorry for the last post which may have been a bit confusing and not been
very helpful into solving the problem which I have.

The problem that occurs with my laptop is that when I switch updates back on
it slows the processor down until it almost crashes. This problem first
occurred when I installed Office on my laptop, since then I have reinstalled
Office. From my knowledge it was an Office update which was not downloading
properly so I took all Office updates off, but still have the same problem. I
do not get any error messages or update pop-ups.

I am currently using Windows xp home edition.

When this happens, if you check task manager you'll most likely find svchost
running 99% CPU utilization. kb932494 details the problem and offers a hotfix
that is supposed to correct the issue, but doesn't fix the problem for the
PCs on my network exhibiting this issue. It is a growing problem that M$ has
clearly failed to resolve.
As a workaround you can just turn off Automatic Updates.

"MORLICH07" wrote:

> I am sorry for the last post which may have been a bit confusing and not been
> very helpful into solving the problem which I have.
>
> The problem that occurs with my laptop is that when I switch updates back on
> it slows the processor down until it almost crashes. This problem first
> occurred when I installed Office on my laptop, since then I have reinstalled
> Office. From my knowledge it was an Office update which was not downloading
> properly so I took all Office updates off, but still have the same problem. I
> do not get any error messages or update pop-ups.
>
> I am currently using Windows xp home edition.

There is a second step that needs to be carried out to resolve the
" svchost issue" : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891
If the "svchost issue" still persists after installing both the latest
Windows Update Agent and KB927891 then please read this section of this
blog : " Next steps for problem systems" :
http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archiv...follow-up.aspx

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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cybersaur wrote:

> When this happens, if you check task manager you'll most likely find svchost
> running 99% CPU utilization. kb932494 details the problem and offers a hotfix
> that is supposed to correct the issue, but doesn't fix the problem for the
> PCs on my network exhibiting this issue. It is a growing problem that M$ has
> clearly failed to resolve.
> As a workaround you can just turn off Automatic Updates.
>
> "MORLICH07" wrote:
>
>
>>I am sorry for the last post which may have been a bit confusing and not been
>>very helpful into solving the problem which I have.
>>
>>The problem that occurs with my laptop is that when I switch updates back on
>>it slows the processor down until it almost crashes. This problem first
>>occurred when I installed Office on my laptop, since then I have reinstalled
>>Office. From my knowledge it was an Office update which was not downloading
>>properly so I took all Office updates off, but still have the same problem. I
>>do not get any error messages or update pop-ups.
>>
>>I am currently using Windows xp home edition.