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

[zealot]

Do you have a large HOSTS file and are running Windows 2000? If so,
reduce the number of entries to less than a dozen and see if that helps
(backup your original HOSTS file first).

Do you have ACPI enabled in BIOS? If, so disable it and see if that
helps.


:: -----Original Message-----
:: From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org 
:: [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Peter Kaulback
:: Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 7:59 AM
:: To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
:: Subject: Re: [thelist] Win2K - Services.exe 100% CPU usage
:: 
:: 
:: At 01:27 PM 12/30/2001 +0530, you wrote:
:: >Recently, Windows Media Player stopped stretching MPEG 
:: files to fit the
:: >window, and played it only at the original size. I tried to find a 
:: >solution to this (including thelist), but couldn't. My last 
:: resort was 
:: >reinstalling Windows (it's bloody annoying that it 
:: reinstalls IE5 over my IE6).
:: >
:: >This didn't fix the Media Player problem, unfortunately. But it 
:: >apparently
:: >changed the startup type of some services back to default :(
:: >
:: >I turned off all unnecessary services again (setting them 
:: to "Manual"
:: >instead of "Disabled") and the problem is fixed.
:: 
:: What type of motherboard do you have in your system, and 
:: does it contain a 
:: VIA chipset? If you have a PCI modem then the VIA chipset 
:: may slow it down 
:: perhaps contributing to the high cpu usage at dialup 
:: connection, it's a bug 
:: with VIA. When you reinstalled did you reformat and 
:: reinstall or did you 
:: reinstall over windows, only a clean installation will clean 
:: up to the 
:: original state.  Are you running the latest drivers for all your 
:: hardware.  Have you tried moving cards to different slots on the 
:: motherboard, some boards are picky and need a reminder from 
:: time to time. A tip is coming ;-)
:: 
:: Peter Kaulback
:: 
:: 
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