[WinPartners] Update on problems with recent Microsoft patches (svchost.exe process)

[Henry Bergler]

All,

I too have several systems with the svchost problem and have followed all 
advice offered to no avail.

All of my affected systems are brand new Dell D420 notebooks that have 
never been put into service. I took them out of the boxes, installed our 
normal suite of applications, successfully tested all applications, put 
them on the network with automatic updates on (we use MIT WAUS) and left 
them overnight. In the morning they were virtually unusable.

Does anybody have further advice beyond the installation of the suggested 
hotfixes?

Thanks,

Henry

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At 02:14 PM 5/15/2007, alexander kozlov wrote:
>Good Afternoon,
>
>On Tuesday May 8, 2007 Microsoft released the latest batch of monthly
>Windows Updates. For community members using the MIT IS&T Windows Automatic
>Update Service (WAUS) the release date was Thursday May 10, 2007. Related to
>these Microsoft updates some users started experiencing slowness on their
>computers which was a result of the CPU utilization reaching 100 percent for
>prolonged periods involving the svchost.exe process.
>
>Microsoft identified the problem which occurred for both the Microsoft's
>Automatic Update and MIT's WAUS users and released a hotfix to resolve this
>issue.
>
>NOTE: If you have not experienced the problem, our recommendation is to do
>nothing and the fix will be applied through the standard update procedures
>later in May.  If you are experiencing this issue, please follow the
>Microsoft hotfix instructions below to resolve the issue.
>
>Microsoft recommends those having this issue install both KB927891 and the
>new WSUS 3.0 client:
>
>Microsoft's KB927891 is a downloadable hotfix which can be found at the
>following URL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891/
>
>The new WSUS 3.0 client is available for download via the following URL:
>http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/Windows
>UpdateAgent30-x86.exe
>
>In some occasions installing these updates did not fully fix the problem. If
>you are still seeing issues with svchost.exe after applying patch 927891 and
>the new WSUS client, confirm that you are using WSUS 3.0 client. (File
>version of C:\windows\system32\wuaueng.dll should be 7.0.6000.374). Then
>contact the Computing Help Desk for additional assistance.
>
>If you have questions about this issue or need assistance, please contact
>the Computing Help Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or (617) 253-1101.
>
>
>Alexander Kozlov
>Windows Platform Coordinator
>Software Release Team
>Information Services & Technology
>MIT
>W92-148, Cambridge, MA 02139
>
>Tel  (617) 253-5103
>Fax (617) 258-8736