Why is my CPU Maxed?

[midosm.com]

This happened in XP too, but something is causing my CPU to spike and max at 100%. Seems like the system process/service is the culprit. Any ideas?

[Jamushroom Veteran]

I've got that on XP as well. I've got it since the last update that Windows Update told me to install on wednesday :)

[midosm.com]

Yep, that's when mine started too! Was running smooth as ice before that!

[Stup0t]

I bet its the our old friend svchost.exe which is common after a windows update. you can just shut the service down, but i have found that you will have to do the following.

http://www.technibble.com/how-to-fix-svcho...pu-memory-leak/

Bit of a guide for you, although there may be other methods of fixing this out there.

[midosm.com]

Will this solution work on vista as well?

[Jamushroom Veteran]

svchost.exe is only using 31mb on my PC. Does it mean that I've got the leak?

[Angel Blue01]

I already created a thread on that in Vista Support but got no responses.

The problem though is the SYSTEM process not svchost.exe under Vista and sometimes under XP.