At 10:37 AM 09/05/2007, Hayes Elkins wrote:
svchost is just a process that other services, including third party
drivers, utilize, it is in itself typically not the culprit when
things go crazy. HP printer driver software for instance, which is
PURE GARBAGE, will certainly cause svchost to exhibit that behavior.
I've seen it myself with their HP update component.
I would try looking at sysinternals' (now owned by MS) Process
Explorer to see what really is driving those out of place svchost threads.
On everyone of the machines I'm dealing with, it's Microsoft
Update. I know the cause - I just want a baseline so I can see when
a machine is fixed and when it isn't.
T
