When I rebooted the computer it just kept freezing. I went back into safe mode and went into msconfig where i unchecked most of the services. When I rebooted, it worked, but without many services. If it was freezing before hand you might as well leave them on there since they are Windows patches that you probably should have anyway. When you go into Task Manager, is svchost. Look at the picture above for an example. Restart the computer and see if you are still having the freezing issue.
If it fixes it, it IS this issue. Let me know. I have similar problem for the memory. The svchost. If svchost. Yeah I have been coming across the same problem alot over the past month or so took me a while to work it out but got there in there end.
Thanks for getting back to me. I noticed that svchost. Thats why I thought I would try your solution. The computer was not freezing before I applied the 3 files, but was definately behaving oddly in the task manager as I mentioned above. Mind you, the svchost. Unfortunately these seem to be essential services so I have no idea how to solve this problem…. Because it was not freezing before i applied the 3 patches you mentioned, I was hoping that if i could undo them, I could solve the freezing problem, but live with the svchost.
I just of that when I was writing this comment. It doesnt seem to work for me, i have 2 xp pro comps networked, they seem fine until i both are booted and accessed. I also was getting 40kb traffic between them even when doing nothing, i noticed this svchost. I noticed the problem only about a month ago which maybe coincedence but my internet speed also has droped aswell. I think the best way to get rid of the svchost. This usually works for me. Seems like problems accure on old ragged accounts..
I cannot find the words to thank you enough, Bryce. The last few months have been painful with the slowness after start up. I used to blame it on wuauclt. Thank you ever so much. I will bookmark this site and your name for future questions. My svchost. Mine is something called System Idle Pr??? Is that something to worry about. Very usefull information.
Excellent post! I have been looking for an adequate solution to this problem ever since I first came across it some 3 years ago. So yesterday an enduser at our company again contacted me for the very same problem, and before excecuting the normal script which is a highly automated reinstall of the machine I tried my usual google search first you never know if someone has found a simpler solution and there you were….
I went through this fix and it had no affect or improvement. Then I remembered I recently installed HP software for a new multi-function printer. I had problems with HP software before. The problem went away. WTF HP — what gives with your software?
Our laptop just started doing this about a week ago. My family is a bunch of gamers, so the lag is creating a huge disruption for all of us! Please help! We really need to get this fixed! Disregard my last post. What could this be? I found out it can happend after buying a new HP printer and installing the latest printer software. Hi All,In reference to post 33, I also just installed HP network printer software and was having this same issue. Thank you post 33 that finally worked for each comp on my network.
I figured I was in for a ride when hp wanted to install MB of driver feel good. It seemed to only occur some of the time. After some aggravation I got it to go away using a repair install.
The only painful part was re-installing all of the various patches afterwards. Of course this assumes you can find a proper CD to repair install from. I have used the repair install as a last resort on a couple of occasions. Both times it worked the gremlins out of the system. The rest are only taking up around 4, Hi, I have installed SP3 RC and have svchost problems, but that procedure cant overwrite update or that patch cause i have newly installed programs.
Thanks to Toon Schilder post I finally had sense enough to google svchost cpu HP. Sweet solution Yesterday i loaded software for my HP printer and svchost. Your fix deserves a grammy award. However, I still constantly lose the HP drivers and have to repeatedly re-add the device. Anybody else having THAT problem?! Post 28,33,35,47,48 all similar problems with HP wireless printer.
Hope the fix continues to solve this problem. There is a patch on the HP web site support center for the problem of HP software uninstalling itself! Post 33……. Been futzing with this problem from day one of installing an HP all-in-one……. I have 6 svchost. Should I have this many svchost. If not what can I do? After deleting the HP software svchost. Finally my computer is back to normal operations. Thanks HP for that great software :. Hats off to Post New HP wireless software install.
As soon as I did the recommendation…everything was great. Several people asked about if having so many svchost appear in their process list is okay, but no one responded to their question. Does anyone know this answer.
Secondly, I have at least ten occurances of CLI. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Right now CLI. It appears to be a ATI file. Any ideas are welcome! Thanks, Stardude. They start and immediately close. Gosh this is good onfo, I know I have done that Ctrl, alt and del. Hello Bryce, i followed your steps you have posted… however when i restarted my comp agen after following your steps..
How do I fix this please? Found another solution to the Svchost. I have the hp All In One mentioned in some of the other comments. By adding the Exclusion to the Firewall settings, the problem seems to go away without losing any other functionality. Virtual Beer on Me. To everyone else that had the issue with HP printers, I work for a 3rd party company that represents HP, so I have some connections. Hope they fix this! I might try those lonks to downloading the fix.
EXE as a popup, with error reporting. I also have a wireless all in one HP. Model I had to uninstall it several times and reload.
It is now functioning working again:. I wish I could send you a screenshot. No where in services is HP listed. I also used the Run command as listed in They gave me the same instructions as POST Thank you so very much, Bryce.
I have spent the better part of my day today trying to solve this problem. At one point I had to unplug my PC because I had spent 1.
So very frustrating. I am very happy now! Time to get to work p. I just love this site! I finally took the bull by the nose and called HP since svchost. They had me do a grade 3 uninstall of their software, and reinstall the updated version from their site. Not only did it fix all my svchost errors, it also fixed my win32 closure error!
Thanks for directing me to HP all. Hope this helps. Svchost is essential for Windows. Computer works beautifully now. Tip in tools and settings for Windows Defender, turn off realtime protection as it uses quite a bit of CPU and program scan when it suits you.
Thanks for both Bryce and then 33 as I needed to do both to fix this problem, and at last I have a system I can use…….. Just thought you should know, this fix also works for Windows Simply download the corresponding KB update for and proceed as instructed. I was to soon….. When I restart my laptop, svchost goes beserk again………. The real problem here is the XP SP3 service pack update. The first thing I did was disable Windows automatic updates, which freed my CPU from the dreaded svchost.
Been looking for a solution to this for a while, and although I use neither Windows Update I update manually nor an HP printer I did have problems trying to run Outlook or IE straight after booting. After many hours of brute force tinkering and asking the laptop owner if they could remember any software install that occurred around the cpu overload, I got a response about it seeming to happen after buying and installing a new hp printer… ugghh..
I think Sir, that I should get down on my knees and kiss your feet! I started having this issue on 2 systems at the same time. Check mail? Are you kidding?
I tried everything I could think of. Awesome Fix! It is as awesome a self evaluation procedure as this svchost solution is a prized silver bullet! Thanks for the fix. I started having this problem after I recently installed SP3.
Big mistake. I should have waited until Microsoft geniuses would figure out the immediate patches they needed before releasing something. I also recently installed HP printer software and started seeing the svchost. I did what 33 suggested and it worked wonderfully!
Thanks Toon Schilder for posting your solution. I am so grateful. It worked for me with SP3. I have been looking for a solution to this problem for about 2 weeks. Microsoft always gives their half arse answers as they did this time.
This work very well. Thanks for the time and research. Thanx a lot. This fixes my problem but after a period of time, sometimes hours, sometimes longer, the problem returns. Any suggestions? Great advise! I followed your steps to shut down svchost. About 2 weeks after installing service pack 3 on my XP pro, I was suddenly hit with this bug, exactly as described above, only even more severe, with an instance of svchost.
Bring up task manager under these conditions was a feat in itself. I was ready to do a new clean install of Windows, which would have been very inconvenient right now with the amount of work I need to do on the comp, but this fix worked perfectly for me! Windows update does, however, present some serious flaws and apparant memory leaks when connecting to the update site. I may try turning automatic updating off completely if it creates problems.
Thanks Bryce for providing this fix! This fix worked for me on XP with SP3. However, this svchost problem is a symptom of more serious problems that most likely need a clean installation to solve completely. I think this problem surfaced after having a virus. Removed the virus and searched for weeks for a solution to the SvcHost problem. Your procedures worked perfectly.
Was able to complete without going into Safe Mode. This is less than ideal, but it works well and the computer can be scanned for updates without problems. I followed your instructions but it did not work.
I found that the only way I could stop it is to go into Task Manager and end its process and also run msconfig and disable it from startup. But when I updated Windows, it came back on again! Does that mean it is an inherent Microsoft Windows problem? Anyway I did the 2 things again and killed it again. Thanks a lot your such a nice guy mwuuuaaahhh……. The fix did not work for me either. I have a pre-release version of service pack 3, and I followed your instructions. I had already installed the or whatever number it was service pack that you mentioned, and already had the windows update agent.
And I still have that svchost memory leak error. I have another computer which I use to connect to the internet, as a gateway, and this one connects to the internet through that computer. So after I toast that process, I can no longer go into Network Connections and connect to the internet under that Internet Gateway icon.
Maybe if I got an updated version of svchost off the web or something that might help as well. Hi, There are definetely guys on the Web that are worse tha the worst viruses!!! They do not know a damned shit more than you, but they have fun , for sure!
Ryt on, Bro 33! Uninstalled HP software, fixed! Reinstalled, problem back, svchost. Followed ur advice, rebooted, 10 svchost. Ur a winner! The Article is Great, I just done it and fixed the problem. My system became crippled by this problem today, while trying to convert a silde PowerPoint presentation to a Word Handout. This maneuver really hosed Windows. I created wuite a mess. Your solution really worked! They all had been running sluggish for quite some time.
Apparently I already had the 2 Windows. When I attempted to install them, they each said they were already on my system. Now I ignore the reminder to update that faulty windows live installer. I just installed a new HP network printer as well see post Using this info corrected my resources.
Update — when putting the HP info to manual it did fix the svchost. I have an HP printer and the same svchost problem. However, I did not detect a problem until I installed my nvidia geforce gs video card.
I thought it was either windows or nvidia but could just be HP not agreeing with certain hardware vendor video cards as well I guess…. Anyway, I have read this whole page and have taken into consideration all of the above posts in order to solve my problem.
I have not started on it yet, but plan on it tonight. However, due to my experience with HP prducts sucking in the past, I plan on starting there. Anyway, I will let you all know what fixes my computer.
I am running the same HP software on Vista with no problems as well as a mac of course mac is a totally different ballgame. ANyway, wish me luck!! I went over all of the solutions posted here, and tested all of them.
However, mine is. Anyway, this is how I fixed it. First step was using HP update. Then, I tried to flush DNS to no avail. However, once I uninstalled the HP software, my problem went away!! I could not download the software because the request timed out both on their http link and ftp. Anyway, I decided to reinstall off the disc and the problem came right back. DLL in the firewall… I thought this solution was a bunch of crap much like the registry edits. If anything, I thought they would break more than they fixed.
I did try them anyway in order to prove their ineffectiveness. However, I also made sure I could go back and undo what I did. So here I am and the problem still exists.
HP update says that there are no new updates… Wait, I had an update after installing the software last time!! This service is responsible for finding your printer on the network. Anyway, the service still starts up right away at startup, but svchost does not freak out and kill my performance.
I am guessing this service depended on something else in order to work correctly. Way to make your products look more like a polished turd!!! Okay, I did the fix and not sure if it worked. Please help. I tried to install the second program, windowsupdateagentx I tryed each fix that was valid for me but none of them worked except In my case the svchost. August 26th, at pm In my case the svchost. This did not work for me. Will continue searching until someone comes up with a solution — or until i have enough time to reload.
Many thanks, it worked I have XP SP3, using Microsoft Update The bat file worked, the Agent update not quite, failed on first attempt then said it was already installed on the second attempt The KB file was unneeded as SP3 was installed Rebooted, all was well, down to zero usage in 15 seconds Well done, I owe you many beers.
If I end the process on one of them then the usage on it will go down but will not go up again untill the scvhost that I stopped restarts. I have a very similar problem. The one I tryed worked for me. Now I have a one less problem to deal with. I removed all of the hp printer drivers and programs on my computer and reinstalled only what was required and then removed hp center solutions and the digital imaging drivers for the printer.
I first suspected that the hp stuff was causeing problems when I took a look at what the svchost were doing with process explorer and found that the scvhost that was running hp drivers was causeing the problem. I think the problem is a software conflict with one or more programs in which problems only occur with, at least on my machine, hp drivers installed. Hi, I have been coming across a similar problem since a couple of months ago, but i have this problem after my laptop wakes up from sleep or hibernate mode.
Im not sure if the svchost is the main reason for this, but do you think that these patches would solve the problem? I have come across this problem for the longest time. I have downloaded all the files listen above and followed every direction. I reboot my laptop and it did not solve my svchost. I disabled Automatic Updates and in the Services. I have been looking around websites for quite awhile.
DLL in firewall exceptions did not work either. I am in great need of fixing this problem. Thank you. Thank you POST Tried many solutions in vain. Had no idea as what caused the CPU to full trottle. Then I came accross your post. Guess what?
I had installed HP wireless. Tried your solution. Now CPU is back to normal. Thanks again. Saved me a lot of trouble and irritation. OMG thank you soooooooo much. Please advise as I am a complete Novice in computers. Thanks Bryce!!! Some explanations as to what everything you explain does would be appreciated.
I may not know how to fix the problem myself, but I know enough to know that blindly installing. The easy way i found out to stop and reactivate the svchost memory eating problem along with cpu, was to download Process Explorer. I also suggest for those with the memory problem to install the basic software and drivers for your hp printer.
I downloaded them from the hp website. I suggest doing this instead of using the install CD I think the hp updater can cause problems. I just wiped my hard drive did a full OS reinstall and non of the other problems have shown up except for the hp thing. All I did was disable the Windows Automatic Updates and that seemed to fix the problem.
Although you get the bubble warning to enable Automatic updates every startup, clicking the X will make it go away. The only downside effect to it. That may have fixed the solution as well. Thank you for this!! I am really hoping this will solve the nagging problem I have been having with my laptop. My laptop had become literally unusable most probably because of this problem. I had to do a complete rebuild of the OS and the applications.
The problem disappeared but has started resurfacing again now, though it is not as severe as before. Fingers crossed. Wish I had come across this post before rebuilding my system :o. Make sure you have plenty of RAM to do this minimum mb preferred. Get rid of the current page file virtual memory , it may be corrupted causing memory leaks. Those were my early days of blogging, i feel extremely embarrassed now. Sorry again, corrected myself.
I also have an issue opening Word or Excel Docs it takes more then 45 sec somethime even a lot more. Does anyone have a fix for this issue? Next I tried to use your fix in normal mode like Hank in post 5. I changed the. When I executed the Microsoft patch -x Finally I tried to execute your KB Which is probably true as my system is in German. Funny thing: it solved the problem. Thanks a lot! Oh my God… it worked! And even then, when I tried to update manually the svchost.
After applying this fix, I was finally able to download and install the latest updates and after rebooting, the svchost. Thank you! I recently installed an HP printer c and ever since i got this annoying svchost.
I thought i could solve the problem by eliminating hp printer from startup programs with no success. I have downloaded the files, and tried to solve the problem.
Can you tell me please how can i do it? I learned quite a bit from reading this entire page. I was actually surprized that noone had already mentioned Linksys, so perhaps it is only a problem for some systems. Thanks for all the great suggestions and so on! I was wondering if this fix will also work for svchost. I just have a memory usage problem. Earlier today before I restarted, svchost. I found the cause of my svchost. From the last one month i was facing the same problem SVhost.
There are many different variables that can cause this, however something that has worked on different systems I have worked on is opening task manager, finding the svchost. This seems to work best on systems where svchost. I have had this problem as well, your solution did not work for me but i was able to isolate the problem to my an hp. Regarding svchost.
I spent a lot of money on software guaranteeing to get rid of this problem. If I could virtually kiss her I would assuming Canadela was a girl. My laptop runs cool again. Reply and Email me sharadtolwala gmail. After that time, everything worked as it should. The host file may have offered greater protection, but made my laptop a pain in the butt.
I restored to the windows default host file, and now all is well. Ok i noticed the problem after an update from microsoft…. Tried on and off for the past few months to correct svchost. Usually, just dealt with it by highlighting the svchost. Using the Process Explorer Utility that people have recommended, I clicked on the svchost.
Archived Forums. Windows Vista Applications. For compatibility of 3rd party applications, use the ACT forum. Sign in to vote. Thursday, May 10, AM. It started happening right after installing SP3 Cheers, Eden. Friday, December 28, AM. Cheers Craig. Wednesday, January 23, PM. Regards, Thomas. I also traced the problem to the dhcp client. And by switching to a static IP, worked for me.
It worked. I though that perhaps some dll used be the wireless could be the culpid. I then disabled to avoid IP confits the LAN connection and set the wireless network connection to the same static IP to keep things conbstant and again it worked. No extra CPU time, or memory consumed by svchost. Saturday, May 17, AM.
Tuesday, September 2, PM. Saturday, October 18, AM. Wednesday, October 22, PM. Saturday, November 1, PM. ThomasLee wrote: You can use tasklist. Sunday, November 2, PM. Thursday, November 6, PM. There is also a commandline to dynamically detect and repair the WMI repository: rundll32 wbemupgd, UpgradeRepository.
Hope this helps someone. Wednesday, November 26, PM. First make a unique copy of svchost. I had the same problem as the original poster. Stops when DHCP is stopped. I only realized it was happening when I noticed the light on the router constantly flashing one night. I could not pin down when it had started. After alot of hair pulling and net searching I came across this forum which gave me some more to think about. I downloaded the microsoft Process Explorer. Double clicking on the svchost which was consuming memory, showed the properties page.
Clicking on the Threads tab brought up some dlls which flashed up as being active. One of which was the wbemcore. Then I remembered I had activated Universal Plug N Play while playing around with network services some months earlier. The solution for me was to goto "Add and remove windows components"-"Network services"- then un-tick "Internet Gateway device discovery and control client".
This stopped the annoying router flashing problem for me. Tuesday, February 3, AM. I have been having the same problem for quite some time myself. But, I was having the problem before I installed SP3; however, it's gotten worse since.
In fact, the only reason I finally installed SP 3 was because I was hoping that it would correct the problem--instead, it got worse. Sometimes malicious software will hide behind a svchost. It will hide behind a svchost. The malicious software would like to fool you into thinking that you need to use a System Restore Point, perform a Repair Install or reinstall your XP from scratch when you really don't have to.
That is the "free time" on your system so the more free time it has, the better. If you look at the performance graphs and see red spikes or not double click the graph in the top left corner to display the usage graph. Hover the mouse over any spikes to see what causes them.
Even if the spike has already scrolled past in the display, you can still hover the mouse over the spike to see what caused it. You can also just wait for a spike to occur and then see what caused the spike.
If you think one of your svchost. All you will see in Task Manager is a svchost. The malicious software knows that you will not be able to see it in Task Manager. The malicious software hopes that you will do something drastic like a use a Restore Point, perform a Repair Install, or even reinstall your XP from scratch.
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