"John Latter" <jorolat@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:7ogad1t7gofuc668tnoi246v7o2pp6jq2q@4ax.com...
> 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.
http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services
http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services
>>best wishes..OJ
>>
>
> Thanks OJ :)
>
> --
>
> John Latter
>
http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services
http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services
Hope I got it this time. Didn`t show up in the post last time...OJ