svchost SYSTEM Problem

rwcommand

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Hi,
I hope someone can kindly give me some advice on how to solve this problem.
OS = Vista Business 32bit

The computer starts up, logins in and then after a few seconds most of the things on the computer completely freeze for 20 minutes, the mouse and keyboard still work and I'm able to access the start menu/taskmanager. For instance I can click on "My Computer" and it will open up the window but won't open anything inside it, the internet and all the other applications are pretty much the same. After 20 minutes it just seems to load things as normal and do its regular thing.


After about a month I thought I'd get to the bottom of it, so I've done virus scans (McAfee & Avast) and used Spybot Search and Destory. Nothing found. The windows updates are also all completed.
I then played around with Task Manager when starting up and killed a scvhost (SYSTEM Process) - Not that it was using much CPU or RAM, just out of curiosity, and as soon as I did that the PC started to load the rest of its normal programs and services.

I guess what I'm asking is does anything look suspicious in the service list below, or how do I determine which service is causing the problem?

Thank you,
Ray


Code:
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C:\Users\Simon>tasklist /SVC

 
 

 
Image Name                     PID Services

 
========================= ======== 
============================================

 
System Idle Process              0 N/A

 
System                           4 N/A

 
smss.exe                       560 N/A

 
csrss.exe                      628 N/A

 
wininit.exe                    680 N/A

 
csrss.exe                      692 N/A

 
services.exe                   728 N/A

 
lsass.exe                      744 KeyIso, ProtectedStorage, SamSs

 
lsm.exe                        756 N/A

 
winlogon.exe                   840 N/A

 
svchost.exe                    948 DcomLaunch, PlugPlay

 
svchost.exe                   1036 RpcSs

 
svchost.exe                   1080 WinDefend

 
Ati2evxx.exe                  1196 Ati External Event Utility

 
svchost.exe                   1268 Audiosrv, Dhcp, Eventlog, lmhosts, 
wscsvc

 
svchost.exe                   1316 AudioEndpointBuilder, CscService, 
EMDMgmt,

 
                                   hidserv, Netman, PcaSvc, SysMain,

 
                                   TabletInputService, TrkWks, 
UmRdpService,

 
                                   UxSms, WdiSystemHost, Wlansvc, 
WPDBusEnum,

 
                                   wudfsvc

 
svchost.exe                   1340 BITS, CertPropSvc, EapHost, 
LanmanServer,

 
                                   MMCSS, ProfSvc, RasMan, Schedule, 
SENS,

 
                                   SessionEnv, ShellHWDetection, Themes,

 
                                   Winmgmt, wuauserv

 
audiodg.exe                   1396 N/A

 
svchost.exe                   1424 gpsvc

 
SLsvc.exe                     1464 slsvc

 
svchost.exe                   1540 EventSystem, FDResPub, 
LanmanWorkstation,

 
                                   netprofm, nsi, SSDPSRV, SstpSvc, 
upnphost,

 
                                   W32Time, WebClient

 
Ati2evxx.exe                  1688 N/A

 
LBTSERV.EXE                   1716 LBTServ

 
svchost.exe                   1800 CryptSvc, Dnscache, KtmRm, NlaSvc, 
TapiSrv,

 
                                   TermService

 
spoolsv.exe                   2024 Spooler

 
svchost.exe                    192 BFE, DPS, MpsSvc

 
dwm.exe                       1760 N/A

 
taskeng.exe                   1548 N/A

 
explorer.exe                  1792 N/A

 
LBTWiz.exe                    2192 N/A

 
issch.exe                     2200 N/A

 
mcagent.exe                   2208 N/A

 
itype.exe                     2240 N/A

 
iTunesHelper.exe              2272 N/A

 
GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe     2328 N/A

 
mobsync.exe                   2548 N/A

 
ONENOTEM.EXE                  2596 N/A

 
QuikProtect.exe               2960 N/A

 
InputPersonalization.exe      4020 N/A

 
DivXUpdate.exe                 320 N/A

 
conime.exe                    2380 N/A

 
OUTLOOK.EXE                   2780 N/A

 
armsvc.exe                    2368 AdobeARMservice

 
AppleMobileDeviceService.     1228 Apple Mobile Device

 
mDNSResponder.exe             2504 Bonjour Service

 
svchost.exe                   2420 BthServ

 
McSACore.exe                  3364 McAfee SiteAdvisor Service

 
mfevtps.exe                   2812 mfevtp

 
rundll32.exe                  2852 N/A

 
pCloudd.exe                   3016 PCloudd

 
svchost.exe                   3476 PolicyAgent

 
Locator.exe                   3740 RpcLocator

 
SeaPort.exe                   3976 SeaPort

 
svchost.exe                   2184 stisvc

 
svchost.exe                   2352 WerSvc

 
WLIDSVC.EXE                   2152 wlidsvc

 
SearchIndexer.exe             2688 WSearch

 
WLIDSVCM.EXE                  2460 N/A

 
WUDFHost.exe                  3752 N/A

 
mfefire.exe                   3908 mfefire

 
McSvHost.exe                  3372 McMPFSvc, mcmscsvc, McNaiAnn, McNASvc,

 
                                   McProxy

 
svchost.exe                   1332 RapiMgr, WcesComm

 
iPodService.exe               3100 iPod Service

 
svchost.exe                   1924 FontCache

 
UI0Detect.exe                 4336 UI0Detect

 
WmiPrvSE.exe                  5316 N/A

 
mcshield.exe                  3852 McShield

 
OSPPSVC.EXE                   3608 osppsvc

 
wmpnetwk.exe                  2248 WMPNetworkSvc

 
unsecapp.exe                  3884 N/A

 
iTunes.exe                    4660 N/A

 
AppleMobileDeviceHelper.e     4384 N/A

 
distnoted.exe                 3432 N/A

 
APSDaemon.exe                 4808 N/A

 
SetPoint.exe                  1192 N/A

 
KHALMNPR.exe                  1184 N/A

 
ONENOTE.EXE                   2500 N/A

 
qv.exe                        3548 N/A

 
WORDsearch.exe                1684 N/A

 
WINWORD.EXE                   8072 N/A

 
LMIGuardianSvc.exe            1260 LMIGuardianSvc

 
LogMeIn.exe                   7752 LogMeIn

 
ramaint.exe                   6500 LMIMaint

 
LogMeInSystray.exe            6684 N/A

 
LogMeIn.exe                   6152 N/A

 
notepad.exe                   5920 N/A

 
cmd.exe                       5152 N/A

 
tasklist.exe                  6860 N/A

 
WmiPrvSE.exe                  2720 N/A

 
 

 
C:\Users\Simon>

 
 

 
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My Computer

Welcome to the Forum
There is nothing there that looks suspicious. Lets check out the most common causes of freezing
Usually its memory, take the memory test for 8 passes and check each slot with a good stick for 6 passes.
Here are my solutions to freezing, and an excellent article, which I hope is of some help
Go to search type device manager and look for any yellow warning markers
Download and run malwarebytes, a full scan after you update
Run antivirus scan
Check memory with memtest86
Make sure that you are not over heating.
Try in safe mode; report back if it works properly.
Try a clean boot
Make sure PSU is working properly
If overclocking, restore to original
Test hard drive at company website.
Test in safe mode, does it still happen?
Try with clean boot..
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
http://malwarebytes.org/
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic...ing-memtest86/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Troublesho...blems&id=39981
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Ray
Come back at any time that is convenient. If these suggestions dont work, we will look elsewhere. These suggestions are the most common causes, but there are others.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
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