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Technical Ramblings SVCHOST.EXE Workstation Issue
Technical Ramblings SVCHOST.EXE Workstation Issue
| SVCHOST.EXE Workstation Issue |
| Written by Babul A. Mukherjee |
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We are seeing serious issues (high CPU, high memory usage) with the SVCHOST.EXE process on WSUS Windows XP managed workstations. This may happen on 2000 or non-WSUS stations as well. The following URL explains one of the symptoms: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916089  This has dramatically impacted some workstations and servers. Microsoft PSS has a quick fix which you can call in and get. But we have found a cleaner way and it appears to work. YMMV. It may also be a good solution if Windows/Microsoft Update is acting goofy. 1. Disable the "Automatic Updates" service 2. Disable the "Background Intelligent Transfer Service' service 3. Reboot the workstation/server 4. Delete all files from the "%WINDIR%\SoftwareDistribution" folder (ex. C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution). 5. Change the "Automatic Updates" service to Automatic startup 6. Change the "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" service to Manual startup 7. Either run Windows/Microsoft Update again (for non-WSUS managed stations), or 7. Remove the computer from WSUS. 8. Enter "WUAUCLT.EXE /DETECTNOW" from the command prompt or Run. The WUAUCLT.EXE might take a few minutes or hours to start communicating with WSUS (depending on how your WSUS is setup). |
