On May 9, 2007, at 9:37 AM, 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.
You know, I have NO idea why so many crappy peripheral and software
makers decide that users need some horribly written, bloated,
annoying, P.O.S. software installed and constantly running! I ran
into this exact svchost problem yesterday, and while I think it was
the update problem (I disabled auto updates and installed the hotfix)
I took the opportunity to kill the HP software too--how annoying!
The worst thing is people buy these computers from Dell etc that have
HUGE applicatiosn for printer...sound card...monitor..even MOUSE.
And then it's a surprise that the computers run slowly and get messed
up? sheesh.
Scott
