On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 15:47:43 GMT, "old jon"
<ImNotIn@ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote:

>
>"John Latter" <jorolat@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:hqaad1dbdbfndnokndffk1m0gqrrbt3mbq@4ax.com.. .
>> 1) This is part of a post I sent to some other newsgroups a few days
>> ago:
>>
>> "In Windows Task Manager an instance of svchost.exe (with a PID number
>> of 972) is continuously accessing my hard drive at a frequency of just
>> under once per second.
>>
>> With the help I got on a related post I've used tasklist.exe to
>> establish that svchost.exe (PID 972) has the following components:
>>
>> AudioSrv, BITS, Browser, CryptSvc, Dhcp,
>> ERSvc, EventSystem, helpsvc, lanmanserver,
>> lanmanworkstation, Netman, Nla, RasMan,
>> Schedule, seclogon, SENS, SharedAccess,
>> ShellHWDetection, srservice, TapiSrv,
>> Themes, TrkWks, W32Time, winmgmt, wscsvc,
>> wuauserv, WZCSVC"
>>
>> 2) Today I installed XP slipstreamed with SP2 onto a new hard drive
>> (but I'm back on the old OS & HDD now) and as soon as I installed the
>> modem drivers the svchost disc activity started. I uninstalled the
>> drivers & the problem went away.
>>
>> I ain't gotta clue why this is so & it'll be a few days before I can
>> spend some time on it. In the meantime, if anyone has any ideas I'ld
>> be glad to hear them!
>> --
>> John Latter
>>
>Hi John XP management can be improved by using the info provided by Black
>Viper. There
>are quite a few bits that most of us don`t really need to run. Go to the
>site I list here, and print out BVs recommendations.
>best wishes..OJ
>

Thanks OJ :)

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John Latter

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