I'm getting the same problem - see above in "Boot into molasses".
Perhaps it's one of those bugs that Msoft can't/won't fix, so they prefer
to not acknowledge its existence.
"duucfho" wrote:
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>
> Been running Vista Enterprise for almost a year, with no issues. This
> problem just began last night.
>
> When booting my computer, I have about 1 minute after I reach the
> desktop before my CPU utilization goes way up. I have a Intel Core2Duo,
> so the rogue process takes up only 50% (appears to only use 1 core).
> Even so, I am unable to do just about anything (open windows, close
> windows, click start menu, ctrl+alt+del). The task manager (if I had it
> open already) will still update though.
>
> I see that *svchost.exe* is using exactly 50% of my CPU, and roughly
> 42MB ram. Using process explorer, it would appear that the child
> process of that *svchost.exe* instance is *dwm.exe*.
>
> I've disable the Aero interface, and have disabled the *Desktop Window
> Manager Session Manager service*, so it won't start. The CPU still goes
> up, only now, there is no child process under *svchost.exe*, and it
> still goes to 50%.
>
> I have left the computer running over 10 minutes, with no change. No
> hardware or software changes have been made. Antivirus is NOD32
> (up-to-date, and even disable for troubleshooting). I am at a loss as
> to what is the issue. Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> duucfho
>
> -*windows vista enterprise 32-bit
> intel core2duo e6400 @ 3.2ghz
> 2gb pc2-6400 patriot extreme performance 4-4-4-12 @1000 mhz
> nvidia 8800 gts 320mb @ 640mhz core
> ocz gamexstream 700w psu
> antec nine hundred
> *-
>