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• Possible cure for the Windows XP SVCHOST redlining problem?

  Posted on December 27, 2013 at 07:16 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’ve seen a lot of reports of solutions to the SVCHOST redlining problem that work on some machines, but not others. Here’s a good one from reader BK that might work for you:

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  I applied this fix this morning to my machine running Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600).

  http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-windows_update/windows-update-svchostexe-100-cpu-in-task-manager/6b372d8b-0ca4-4042-ba37-b2a7cdcdbd06

  Was able to use Windows Update after stepping through Xirlac’s procedure.
  

  Windows Patches/Security SVCHOST redline, Windows XP

• Microsoft to fix Windows XP update SVCHOST redline issue “soon”

  Posted on November 15, 2013 at 21:21 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Not quite crystal clear.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Windows Patches/Security SVCHOST redline, Windows XP patch

• Windows XP update locks machines with SVCHOST red lined at 100%

  Posted on November 13, 2013 at 20:18 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Fix it with KB 2879017

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  UPDATE: See my November 15 post

  Windows Patches/Security KB 2879017, SVCHOST redline, wuauclt