A computer administrator mailing list on campus here has had a number
of emails reporting the issue.
FYI: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=927891
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Jordan Wiens, CISSP
UF Network Security Engineer
(352)392-2061
On May 28, 2007, at 2:26 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This Windows Update problem showed up my computer about a month
ago. A few minutes after a reboot, I saw a svchost process
suddenly start consuming almost 100% of the CPU. I couldn’t do
anything on the system for about 20 minutes. CTRL-ALT-DEL didn’t
even work. Extremely annoying.
Did anyone else run into this problem? I’m curious how common the
problem was.
Richard
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http://www.theregister.com/2007/05/25/ms_patches_patching/
MS update patches patching A stitch in time...
By John Leyden
Published Friday 25th May 2007 14:15Â GMT
Microsoft this week pushed out a patch to resolve a flaw in its
patching system.
The update resolves a nagging issue that meant some PCs slowed to a
crawl when either Microsoft Update or Windows Update carried out
scans prior to downloads.
Systems of the problem included the process svchost consuming the
majority of CPU processing power, leaving systems slow and
unresponsive. Even users who haven't experienced the problem are
encouraged to apply the update, which Microsoft reckons should have
no ill effects.
"I want to note that this update will install correctly even if
you're experiencing this issue," said Christopher Budd, Microsoft
security program manager, in a posting to the software giant's
Security Response Centre Blog. "However, this issue may prevent you
from installing other updates (including security updates) until
you apply this new update, so we encourage customers to apply this
right away."
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