Christopher, I guess you just missed it, but I wrote earlier that Process Explorer points out the svchost process that hosts the DCOM Server Process Launcher (DCOMLaunch) and Plug and Play> (PlugPlay) processes.
Better late than never! LOL. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Svchost.exe issues. On Sat, 22 Nov 2008, Bobby Heid wrote: > Hey again, > > I am running Vista Business SP1 and for the past couple (could be longer) of > months now have been having an intermittent issue with one of the svchost > processes on my system. > > What is happening is that my CPU jumps to about 48% utilization (I have HT > turned on, so it is probably really near 100%) for a period of time lasting > minutes to over ½ hour. Process explorer points out the svchost process > that hosts the DCOM Server Process Launcher (DCOMLaunch) and Plug and Play > (PlugPlay) processes. When looking at the threads in the svchost process, > there are usually two threads using all of the CPU, they are both > ntdll.dll!UserThreadStart. > > > > In doing some research last night, I came across three threads that talk > about this issue: > > 1) A thread that seems to have something to do with the sound devices > and an enhancements tab on the configuration where you can turn off > enhancements. But others in the thread, and myself, do not have the > enhancements tab. > > 2) A thread that talks about HP printer software, which I have, but > nothing seems to point at this software. > > 3) A thread talking about VMware virtual network adapters. Someone > stated this: I figured out what the problem is: VMware virtual network > adaptors. The problem disappeared after disabling both of the virtual > adaptors. I am running VMware. While the high CPU usage was occurring > last night, I went everywhere I could think of and disabled VMware network > stuff, but nothing seemed to help. svchost actually is a lot of things, you can most easilly figure out what a given svchost process is actually running by running Process Explorer and find the process that is using the high CPU time, then just hold your mouse over the process and it'll have a tooltip that shows what other processes that svchost process is handling. (yes, I realize I'm very late to the conversation =) Christopher Fisk -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
