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Title: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: Gadget on Friday 06 April 07 09:14 BST (UK)

Why should svhost.exe suddenly take 5-10 mins to do its business on start up? I managed to get Task Maager up to observe the processes before svhost  took up 100% CPU time.

I only started getting this slow down this week. The only difference is that I've downloaded a new version of RealPlayer (BBC didn't like the old one for some reason) and I've been doing lots more graphics work.

I've had periods before when I've done lots of photo restoration/imaging and it hasn't caused any problems, so my thoughts are with RealPlayer but I can't see why it would cause this.

My Spyware, Anti-virus and Firewall are all up to date, working well  and have not changed.


Any observations welcome.

Thanks


Gadget

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: Michael72. on Friday 06 April 07 11:04 BST (UK)

Hiya Gadget,

Real Player could well be your problem...it comes with loads of non-event stuff....

Try uninstalling it TOTALLY from your system and then go here and give 'Real Alternative' a go....

            http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm


Regards, Michael.

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: Gadget on Friday 06 April 07 11:06 BST (UK)

Thanks Michael

I 'll give it a go.

I do have Windows Media Player, etc.

Cheers


Gadget

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: trish251 on Friday 06 April 07 11:35 BST (UK)

Hi Gadget

If something is eating your processor (mine was taken over by microsoft help running when it should not - a known bug but not fixed) try putting the name into google & you will often get the solution

http://ask-leo.com/svchost_and_svchostexe_crashs_cpu_maximization_viruses_exploits_and_more.html

Trish

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: Gadget on Friday 06 April 07 11:46 BST (UK)

Thanks Trish

But those aren't the symptoms. The PC runs fine after the start up. No viruses, no Malware. Firewall always on.

I started today before i turned on the modem just to check but it was the same.

I've deleted RealPlayer and am about to re-boot to test if it was that.

I'll report back when I've rebooted.


Gadget

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: Gadget on Friday 06 April 07 11:57 BST (UK)

Much faster that time - pre RealPlayer speeds.

Think that was definitely the problem.

Thanks both  ;D

Gadget

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: Euro on Saturday 07 April 07 10:43 BST (UK)

Hi Gadget.

If your pc starts to perform badly, it may be because of the programs that run at startup, you can check the stuff that starts when you turn on your pc by clicking "Start" then click "Run" then type "msconfig" without the "

Next click the tab at the top named "Startup", that will display all the programs that are running at startup, you can untick the programs that you dont want to run.

To find out what you need and what you dont at startup go here ... http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/svchost/

On this site it will tell you if the program is essential to running windows, also it give info like this...

Fix svchost.exe Errors: Free Scan
Remove svchost.exe: Use WinTasks
Boost svchost.exe Performance: Free Scan

Security Risk (0-5): 0
Spyware: No ( Free Spyware Scan )
Virus: No ( Remove svchost.exe )
Trojan: No ( Remove svchost.exe )

You might have progams running like NeroCheck.exe, iTunesHelper.exe, igfxtray.exe, qttask.exe, SC_Acrobat.exe ... ect, you dont really need any of these running so its safe to untick these from your startup list.

Hope this helps.

Colin.

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: Gadget on Saturday 07 April 07 10:45 BST (UK)

Thanks Colin

It was Real Player.

Gadget

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: trish251 on Saturday 07 April 07 11:40 BST (UK)

Hi  Gadget

Thanks for posting that - one site I go to keeps wanting me to download real player - I shall not bother

Trish

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: downside on Saturday 07 April 07 12:00 BST (UK)

I found this at wikipedia:

Quote

realsched.exe (RealNetworks Scheduler, also found as Evntsvc.exe or TkBellExe) is a background process, bundled with the installation of RealPlayer. It is intended to provide users with information about critical RealPlayer updates, and as such is only functional when a computer is connected to the Internet. It is non-essential to Windows and to RealPlayer. The process generally takes 136k of system memory. Realsched.exe has been known to exhibit excessive CPU usage. The file can be disabled with Windows software tools and moderate computer skills.

As there are many service host (svchost.exe) processes running you have to try and identify the calling program.  Usually when you bring up Task Manager there will be another program where the figures under the CPU column will be greater than zero.  The most common program is wuauclt.exe (windows update client) so if that is not listed it will at least narrow down your list of culprits.

downside

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: lamanchica on Tuesday 10 April 07 19:58 BST (UK)

Hi

make sure that the file is NOT scvhost.exe.

Cheers

John

Title: Re: svchost.exe and slow start up
Post by: Gadget on Tuesday 10 April 07 20:02 BST (UK)

Thanks John - none of mine are  :)

Gadget