[thelist] Win2K - Services.exe 100% CPU usage

[Madhu Menon]

I run Win2K professional and have ALL patches and service packs installed. 
(I check for updates every 3 days.)

A problem has surfaced in the last couple of days. When I dial into my ISP, 
the Dialup Networking window goes from "Dialing" to "Verifying username and 
password" to "Registering your computer on the Network" - all like it 
should go.

But at the last step, my PC's CPU usage shoots up to 100% (even if I have 
nothing else running) and when I check in Task Manager, it's "services.exe" 
(the app that manages connections) that's hogging the CPU. So what should 
be a 5 second step takes 1-2 minutes.

The problem repeats itself when I right click the connection icon in the 
system tray and click on "Disconnect". The CPU use again shoot up to 100% 
for a minute or two before it disconnects.

This problem was identified by Microsoft as a bug and resolved in Service 
Pack 1. I've got Service Pack 2 installed so I shouldn't have any issues.

Any ideas on what could be causing this?

TIA,

Madhu

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