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From: -Nisko- on 30 Aug 2006 15:43 Ok - and thanks - I get it now. Going to try Agent as a Newsreader.
From: -Nisko- on 30 Aug 2006 17:53 > > I can't. That was over a year ago. My ability to explain it would fall > short of my ability > to demonstrate it. I think I now understand what I have to do with PE to find the root cause of svchost using so much of my CPU. When I have the problem, I should open PE and hover the cursor over the instance of svchost.exe that has the high usage. Doing this opens a popup (light yellow) window that shows all the Services tied to it. All I need to know now is how to see the CPU usage associated with each Service - and I've found my culprit. Assuming that Service is on Automatic, I can then set it to Manual or Disable depending on whether I need it or not. 1. Can you instruct me on how to see the CPU usage for each Service? 2. Next to each Service is a short definition and it tells what happens if you disable it. Is there another place I can go to get a better 'layman's' description of each Service? 3. If I set a Service to Manual, and a needed Service tries to start, does a window pop up asking the user if he wants to start it? Thanks..........
From: David H. Lipman on 30 Aug 2006 18:57 From: "Peter Seiler" <psprivate(a)mailinator.com> >> That's OK.... >> That's all peter does understand ! >> >> { Just kidding Peter } >> | David, THX for your friendly jump-in. See my reponse to Nisco. You | yourself perhaps understand something of AV. But perhaps only a | few/nothing(?) of other things? But I never run you down as you do. | | Have a nice week. | It was a joke Peter -- just a joke ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
From: thecreator on 30 Aug 2006 22:26 Hi Nisko, Not disable them change the Startup Type from Disabled to Manual or Automatic. Like for example if you had SSDP Discovery Service Disabled at Startup, change it to Manual, first, then click Start while viewing Properties. and Task Manager opened. -- thecreator "-Nisko-" <rmo555(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:Sv1Jg.3607$Zm1.3128(a)dukeread02. >> > OK, I determined the processes associated with the svchost that was using up > my resources (used Process Explorer). Opened the Task Manager to monitor > CPU usage. Opened Services and, one by one, disabled them to see the result > on CPU usage. No change. I even stopped a couple of the processes - but I > wasn't allowed to start them until I rebooted. Can't figure this one out. > Did I do the procedure correctly? > ... > > "thecreator" <thecreator(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > news:ZM6dnQwYkpz8Bm7ZnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > Hi Nisko, > > I was told to have the Startup Icon load or be displayed at Boot to > disabled both SSDP Discovery Service and Universal Plug and Play Device > Host. When I did that, on reboot SVCHOST.EXE CPU Usage was very high. I > could not do a thing. Once I changed them to Manual Starting at least, and > started them manually, the CPU Usage dropped. > > Do this: Open Task Manager and double-click on CPU. Purpose to sort > Processes by CPU Usage and bring the Processes that are using the CPU to the > top. Next Open Services and scroll down until you locate and find the status > of them. Whether they are disabled or Manual or Automatic. You can only open > one at a time, but the next time it occurs with High CPU Usage, open Task > Manager and open Services. Start the process(es) and see what effect it has > on your computer and CPU Usage. > > Remember, you aren't deleting anything, just changing how the Services > start. So it really can't hurt your computer. > > > -- > thecreator
From: Peter Seiler on 31 Aug 2006 04:54
David H. Lipman - 31.08.2006 00:57 : > From: "Peter Seiler" <psprivate(a)mailinator.com> > > >>> That's OK.... >>> That's all peter does understand ! >>> >>> { Just kidding Peter } >>> > | David, THX for your friendly jump-in. See my reponse to Nisco. You > | yourself perhaps understand something of AV. But perhaps only a > | few/nothing(?) of other things? But I never run you down as you do. > | > | Have a nice week. > | > > It was a joke Peter -- just a joke ! > Dave, I'm not shure! Otherwise your remarks "That's all peter does understand !" and "{ Just kidding Peter }" should have ";-)" or somethingelse to make it clear. BTW: Have a look at Kurt Wismers response of 30.08. to Nisko. It's exactly what I meant but much better explained. THX to Kurt. -- by(e) PS spam will be killed |