Hey, Craig: Ccleaner sometimes solves 100% usage; http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
If not, try: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/FiguringOutWhyMySVCHOSTEXEIsAt100CPUWithoutComplicatedToolsInWindows7.aspx Good luck, Gerry P.S. I've been using Ccleaner for a long time on Window 7 when the computer slows down. It's never caused problems. ........................................... Craig wrote: > I have been fighting all evening to get Windows Update on our Windows 7 > laptop to update software. When I installed Windows 7 Home Premium, I did > update a number of packages, but I stopped it when I needed our limited > Internet throughput for something else > > Tonight, I initially selected all packages which needed to be updated > (500 MB). Nothing happened. After much fiddling, I got things set to try > again. This time I selected only one update (of a whopping 32 kB). > Windows update first set a restore point and actually downloaded the file > and installed it. > > I then tried with some more files and found it again would not download > anything. I eventually rebooted the laptop, opened the Windows Task > Manager, and then Windows Update. It again did not download anything. > The Task Manager says that the CPU is being 100% utilized and that > svchost.exe is the process that is doing the hogging. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? Do I need to reinstall Windows? > > Craig > Who is being reminded why he dislikes Windows. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
