Svchost.exe using %70ish percent of my CPU. Help!

what can i do to fix this?
here is my trace
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=51399FF8882D4215!600&authkey=!APgsnMcclg-v54Y&ithint=file%2cetl

Hi Skywurd,
When did the issue start to occur ?Will the issue persist ?
Have you checked the services included in the svchost.exe from the task manager ?
The only suspect process is the NvStreamNetworkService.exe,it is a process belonged to Nividia .We can try to update the Nividia driver or reinstall the driver to have a check .
Best regards
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00000000`0010f2f8 00000000`7740616a : 00000000`00000010 00000000`0010f150 00000000`00000000 0000990d`354adee0 : ntdll!ZwReadFile+0xa
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00000000`0010f3e0 000007fe`ff30e00d : 00000000`0000003c 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`000004d3 : advapi32!ScDispatcherLoop+0x9a
00000000`0010f4e0 00000000`ffa81dca : 00000000`00245310 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000024 00000000`00000000 : advapi32!StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW+0x176
00000000`0010f780 00000000`ffa824b2 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`ffa85490 01ce990d`38280236 00000000`0d72c90f : svchost!wmain+0x110
00000000`0010f7b0 00000000`7740b22d : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : svchost!ScCreateWellKnownSids+0x301
00000000`0010f7f0 00000000`77616861 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
00000000`0010f820 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x1d
STACK_COMMAND: ~0s; .ecxr ; kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
svchost!wmain+110
00000000`ffa81dca 33c9            xor     ecx,ecx
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 5
SYMBOL_NAME: svchost!wmain+110
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: svchost
IMAGE_NAME: svchost.exe
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 47919291
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: STATUS_BREAKPOINT_80000003_svchost.exe!wmain
BUCKET_ID: X64_APPLICATION_FAULT_STATUS_BREAKPOINT_svchost!wmain+110
WATSON_STAGEONE_URL: http://watson.microsoft.com/StageOne/svchost_exe/6_0_6001_18000/47919291/unknown/0_0_0_0/bbbbbbb4/80000003/00000000.htm?Retriage=1
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Hi,
SVCHOST.EXE is a generic host process for services. There can be multiple SVCHOST.EXE running on a system and each SVCHOST.EXE can also hold multiple
services.
The first step is to identify the Process ID (PID) of the SVCHOST.EXE that is pegging the CPU.
This can be done through Task Manager->Processes tab. If the PID column is not present, you can add it by selecting View->Select Columns and check the PID checkbox.
Once the PID is identified, the next step is to determine which services are running under the PID. From a Command Prompt, type:
TASKLIST.EXE /SVC
TASKLIST.EXE will list all the processes and PID’s running on the system. Look for the PID in question and check the Services column. This will give
you a list of Services to start investigating.
For more troubleshooting information, please also refer to the following Microsoft TechNet blogs:
PRF: High CPU (Individual Process)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/04/10/prf-high-cpu-individual-process.aspx
PRF: High CPU (SVCHOST.EXE)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2009/04/10/prf-high-cpu-svchost-exe.aspx
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Now I thought this might have been some sort of fluke, so I rebooted several times, and in all cases I find explorer.exe continues to use this hefty amount of CPU power. This persists even if I leave the system alone (running, but not being used) for 15 minutes or more.
This is causing major performance issues with trying to run any/all other applications on the system, and even worse performance issues if I try to use explorer for something such as directory navigation, file searching, or file access.
I recently made an update to Windows (about a day before this problem arose), so I thought that might be the cause of this, so I ran a system restore to the restore point made before the install. That didn't fix the problem. Since the problem has only started in the last two days, I restored to a point three days ago. That didn't fix it either. I have since tried to restore to points 5 and 7 days old, and neither of those worked to fix this problem either.
I can use the task manager to end-task explorer.exe, and then restart it using "new task" from the file menu, and this seems to correct the problem. After doing such a "restart" of explorer.exe, the process no longer uses 50% of my CPU power, and instead uses only 0%-20% depending on what I'm doing. This, however, is not a viable long-term solution for a couple of reasons: 1) it screws up my tray icons, causing many to disappear even though their parent programs/processes are still running, and causing others to appear even though they shouldn't be there; and 2) subsequent instances of explorer.exe such as for directory navigation still have some performance problems and are prone to crashes.
I need to know how to repair or replace explorer.exe without having to format my hard drive and re-install (either from scratch or using a system recovery disc). I can try using some sort of shell replacement such as Aston, Emerge, or GeoShell, but I shouldn't have to do that.
It may be that one of my other startup applications is causing some sort of compatibility issue, but that seems unlikely since I haven't made any changes to the system, nor installed any new software other than standard windows updates.
I need help, advice, suggestions, etc., or really anything at all that I can try that might fix this problem. In the meantime, I am going to boot into safe mode to see if explorer.exe has problems even then (which would solidly indicate a corruption of explorer.exe rather than a compatibility issue or anything else).
Please help if you can. For reference, I am using an HP Pavilion dv9700 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC, running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit with Service Pack 1. I have an Intel Core2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz CPU and 3GB of RAM. My explorer.exe file gives the following information from the Details tab of its Properties window: file version is 6.0.6001.18000; product version is 6.0.6000.16386; file size is 2.79MB; and modification date is 1/20/2008 at 6:24pm. As far as I know, that is all correct information and does not indicate that the program file has been replaced by any sort of malicious software. I also ran a complete scan with AVG Antivirus and found no viruses or other malicious software anywhere on the system (unless you count tracking cookies).
Thank you in advance for any help

Edward Lin wrote:
I have exactly the same problem!!! And I concluded that the “AUTO CONNECT” function is the main reason of causing the CPU usage. If I uncheck the “AUTO CONNECT” from the saved wi-fi connection, then the CPU would remain claim.
But.. Still, it’s very annoying. So I formatted the hard drive and restore to the original factory condition. Initially, it was working ok. But after WINDOW UPDATES, the same problem happens again!!!!!! May this be the bug from Microsoft??
Any thought?? Any Fix? Please help!!!!
Yes, I did notice that the problem started after I did a Windows Update. I can't remember which update it was, but the strange thing about it was that I couldn't fix the problem by restoring the system to a restore point that was made BEFORE the update. Since I hadn't made any other changes to the system between when it worked and when it stopped working, I can only assume that the update caused the problem, and as such I believe it IS Microsoft's fault.
As to the Auto-Connect feature, I hadn't even thought of that, but since I use my internet ALL THE TIME, it would be really annoying to have to manually connect every boot up.
Which brings me back to the workaround. If you have Auto-Connect enabled, and you disable WLAN AutoConfig and set it to Manual in your Services interface, then reboot the system, does it solve the CPU issues? If the answer is yes, then you can do what I'm doing:
1. Go to Start, then in the search box type "task" and you should see the Task Scheduler come up as an option.
2. Open the Task Scheduler and click on "Create Task..." (by default this should be on the right-hand side of the window in the Actions pane).
3. In the General tab, give the task a name and (optionally) a description, and put a check mark in the box at the lower left that says "Run with highest privileges".
4. In the Triggers tab, add a trigger. In the new window, choose "At log on" from the dropdown box at the top, set it to run for "Any user", and then head to the advanced settings section of the window. Put a check mark in the box for "Delay task for:" and set the delay for one minute. Make sure that there is a check mark in the box for "Enabled". Then click OK.
5. In the Actions tab, add an action. In the new window, make sure that "Start a program" is selected in the drop down box at the top (should be the default choice). In the field where you specify the program to run, type in "SC". In the "Add arguments (optional):" field, type in "Start wlansvc". Then click OK.
6. Go through the other tabs to make sure you're happy with all of the other settings. The default values should be just fine, but feel free to change them if you want to. Then click OK.
7. Make sure that WLAN AutoConfig is still set to Manual.
8. Re-enable your Auto-Connect feature.
9. Reboot the system.
About 60 seconds after you log into your user account you should see a black command window flash onto the screen and then disappear again. That is your automatic task running and starting up the WLAN AutoConfig servicve. Another 30-60 seconds later and you should have access to your wireless network and the internet, and you don't have to interact with it or manually start anything. You can also try setting the task delay to 30 seconds rather than 1 minute, but on my system that wasn't a long enough delay to prevent the CPU usage issues, whereas 1 minute was sufficient. On my system, it enables the wireless before the system even finishes loading up my normal startup applications like my antivirus, so Idon't even notice a slowdown on the bootup process, let alone any wait time before I can use my internet.
This isn't a fix, and what we really need is for Microsoft to figure out what they did wrong, and fix it, but in the meantime, this works.
Good luck
On a side note: Unless Microsoft gets busy on fixing Vista so that it's backwards compatible with my old games, I'm still going to downgrade to XP (like a LOT of people have been doing for various reasons)... assuming I can find XP compatible hardware drivers anyway. Right now I can get more of my games to run under Linux than I can under Vista, despite the fact that they were programmed to run in a DirectX Windows environment only... that's simply unacceptable.

Plugin-container.exe using 40% of cpu

== Issue
==
Firefox is having problems with certain web sites
== Description
==
FYI, (thanks to all developers)
I rarely go to porn sites but the popunder-windows they generate caused the plugin-container.exe to use 40% of cpus (2 cpu). This is after I had closed all tabs and left my computer unattended. This popunder-window might have very-very-unusually slipped my attention due to my errand.
Thanks again
== URL of affected sites
==
""Removed by a moderator -FF4L''
== Troubleshooting information
==
Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
3.6.4
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Skype extension for Firefox
3.3.0.3971
false
Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant
1.2.1
true
{20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}
Google Gears
0.5.36.0
true
{000a9d1c-beef-4f90-9363-039d445309b8}
FEBE
6.3.3.2
true
{4BBDD651-70CF-4821-84F8-2B918CF89CA3}
Adblock Plus
1.2.1
true
All-in-One Sidebar
0.7.11
true
{097d3191-e6fa-4728-9826-b533d755359d}
Auto Copy
1.0.1
true
{0FED7D55-65D4-47b6-A6DE-9A4ADB55355F}
CoolPreviews
3.1.0625
true
DownloadHelper
4.7.4
true
Download Statusbar
0.9.7
true
FabTabs
1.3.5
true
[email protected]
Firefox Showcase
0.9.5.5
true
{89506680-e3f4-484c-a2c0-ed711d481eda}
Flashblock
1.5.13
true
{3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
FoxTab
1.3
true
History Submenus
2.10
true
{7102aba3-045c-4ec2-b921-46d87636d84b}
Image Zoom
0.4.4
true
{1A2D0EC4-75F5-4c91-89C4-3656F6E44B68}
Personal Menu
4.3.2
true
[email protected]
QuickRestart
1.1.6
true
Session Manager
0.6.7.4
true
{1280606b-2510-4fe0-97ef-9b5a22eafe30}
SearchPreview
4.5
true
Tab Progress Bar
0.6
true
[email protected]
Tab Scope
0.3.2
true
[email protected]
Toolbar Buttons
0.6.0.8
true
{03B08592-E5B4-45ff-A0BE-C1D975458688}
United States English Dictionary
4.0.0
true
[email protected]
WebMail Notifier
2.5
true
{37fa1426-b82d-11db-8314-0800200c9a66}
CacheViewer
0.6.3
true
{71328583-3CA7-4809-B4BA-570A85818FBB}
CookieCuller
1.4
true
{99B98C2C-7274-45a3-A640-D9DF1A1C8460}
Dictionnaire français «Réforme 1990»
3.5
true
[email protected]
Extension List Dumper
1.14.8
true
[email protected]
Firebug
1.5.4
true
[email protected]
FlashGot
1.2.1.27
true
{19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}
Fast Dial
2.23b1
true
[email protected]
QuickJava
1.7.2
true
CLEO
4.3
true
[email protected]
OPIE
1.2.3
true
[email protected]
Java Console
6.0.20
true
Tab Mix Plus
0.3.8.4
true
Tree Style Tab
0.10.2010043001
true
[email protected]
Mozilla Archive Format
0.19.3
true
{7f57cf46-4467-4c2d-adfa-0cba7c507e54}
MR Tech Toolkit
6.0.4
true
{9669CC8F-B388-42FE-86F4-CB5E7F5A8BDC}
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar
0
browser.history_expire_days.mirror
180
browser.history_expire_days_min
89
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
0
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction.backup
2
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML
false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
2
browser.startup.homepage
chrome://fastdial/content/fastdial.html
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
rv:1.9.2.4
browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab
false
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent.backup
true
browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent.override
true
browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace.backup
true
browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace.override
true
browser.tabs.warnOnClose
false
dom.disable_window_move_resize
true
dom.event.contextmenu.enabled
false
dom.max_script_run_time
1800
extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6
true
extensions.lastAppVersion
3.6.4
general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet
( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C)
javascript.options.showInConsole
true
javascript.options.strict
true
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
places.last_vacuum
1275329041
print.print_printer
HP Deskjet 3900 Series (Copy 1)
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_bgcolor
false
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_bgimages
false
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_command
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_downloadfonts
false
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_bottom
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_left
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_right
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_edge_top
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_evenpages
true
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_footercenter
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_footerleft
&PT
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_footerright
&D
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_headercenter
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_headerleft
&T
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_headerright
&U
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_in_color
true
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_bottom
0.5
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_left
0.5
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_right
0.5
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_margin_top
0.5
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_oddpages
true
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_orientation
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_pagedelay
500
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_data
1
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_height
11.00
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_size_type
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_size_unit
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_paper_width
8.50
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_reversed
false
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_scaling
1.00
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_shrink_to_fit
true
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_to_file
false
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_bottom
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_left
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_right
0
print.printer_HP_Deskjet_3900_Series_(Copy_1).print_unwriteable_margin_top
0
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
security.dialog_enable_delay
0
security.warn_viewing_mixed
false
== Firefox version
==
3.6.4
== Operating system
==
Windows Vista
== User Agent
==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100611 Firefox/3.6.4 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C)
== Plugins installed
==
*-Shockwave Flash 10.1 r53
*npRLCT4Player
*np-mswmp
*1.7.0069.3
*6.0.12.69
*RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In
*RealJukebox Netscape Plugin
*The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
*NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.3.3"
*Default Plug-in
*Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.5
*iTunes Detector Plug-in
*GEPlugin
*Picasa plugin
*NPWLPG
*Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
*Version 1.0.5, copyright 1996-2010 The VideoLAN Teamhttp://www.videolan.org/
*Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsers

Only if i have 2 sites open i.e. http://www.youtube.com and http://www.mobileman.com (or any other site), i have trouble opening a third page i.e. http://www.google.com. Is it possible, that firefox is using a lot of CPU (i.e. plugin-container)??

Why does C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\IAM\Bin\asghost.exe run continually at almost 50% CPU use whenever Firefox is started

Every time I start Firefox 8.0 the following programs runs continuously, i.e. Why does C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\IAM\Bin\asghost.exe run continually at almost 50% CPU use whenever Firefox is started?

Start your '''Computer''' in safe mode. Then start Firefox. Try '''Safe''' web sites.
'''[http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Linux+Safe+Mode Starting The Computer In Safe Mode;<br>Free Online Encyclopedia]'''
Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
* [http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/default.aspx Microsoft Safety Scanner]
* [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
* [http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/disinfection/5350 Anti-Rootkit Utility - TDSSKiller]
* [http://general-changelog-team.fr/en/downloads/viewdownload/20-outils-de-xplode/2-adwcleaner AdwCleaner] (for more info, see this [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ alternate AdwCleaner download page])
* [http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro/ Hitman Pro]
* [http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/ ESET Online Scanner]
[http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]] article.
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Svchost constantly using 25% of CPU

Hello, I have an issue that I've spent hours troubleshooting and just can't figure it out. My CPU is constantly running at 25-30% and destroying my laptops battery life. According to Process Explorer it is svchost.exe eating up the CPU and points to ProfSVC
with wbemcore.dll as the start address. I've tried to dig in and figure what process is behind this but haven't had any luck. I've made an xperf capture but I don't know how to analyze it to figure out what might be causing the problem. I can't link
it yet because apparently my account isn't verified. Once it is I'll upload that but in the meantime, if someone can point me in some possible areas to look, I would appreciate it.

Hi IT789,
Regarding svchost.exe, here are some information I would like to share:
What is svchost.exe?
For the account, you may select the link and press Ctrl + Shift + K to remove Hyperlink, which looks like this:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4f690edb-bd69-4385-9685-0610bddc8484/windows-7-dell-latitude-e6430s-bsod-when-connecting-to-hotspot?forum=w7itprohardware
Then you should be OK to post.
About Account verify, please check:
How to Verify Your MSDN/TechNet Forums Account So that You Can Post Images and
Links
Verify Your Account 23 (You may also follow the instructions in this thread )
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

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