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CPU running at 100% svchost.exe seems to be the issue

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  • 16-06-2016 12:19pm
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    Harry Palmr
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    Old Vista32 machine starting running full on since a few days ago, have run malwarebytes (two items quarantined) and hijackthis see attachment for log, any thoughts? Or could it be hardware related?

    svchost.exe running at up to 90% of CPU usage (11 threads)


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    bonzodog2
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    Try ending the process from TaskManager and not having automatic Windows Updates


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    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Just checked the services linked to the instance of svchost.exe that was doing all the work - it was for updates - switched it off and now averaging 20% :)

    I had wondered if there was a link as the update for windows dialogue loaded this morning but wouldn't connect with MS servers.

    Cheers.


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    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    I was getting high CPU usage for Windows Update, and tried many, many different things to resolve it, but none worked.
    I blame the ccleaner registry cleaner for corrupting the Windows registry.

    My laptop wasn't compatible with the free Windows 10 update, so I had the choice of reinstalling Windows 7, but I took the leap and installed Linux Mint 17.3 instead.


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