"GW" <GW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>I have six of these running in task manager. Two designated at "NETWORK",
> three designated as "SYSTEM", and one called "LOCAL". This bothers me as
> two
> of these were at 100% CPU usage, and I could not kill them. Thanks!

It's normal to have multiple instances of svchost.exe.exe running. It's a
container object for different system services. It's not normal that one
should tie up the system at 100%. It could be windows update.

Download process explorer from Microsoft. This will give you info on the
processes running under each instance of svchost.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx

Also search the newsgroup for recent posts about svchost 100%. Use Google
Groups Advanced search in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]