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

[Peter Kaulback]

At 12:47 AM 12/28/2001 +0530, you wrote:
>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.

How long have you had win2k running since the last reformat/reinstall?  Do 
you have the "RPC locator" service running as well?  If so, then disable 
it.  If it's not a server then I would recommend a reinstallation.  HTH

Peter Kaulback