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Automatic Updates SVCHost.exe Problem and Wuauclt.exe Sebastian 03-27-2007
Posted by Sebastian on March 27, 2007, 8:07 pm
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Hello

Ok, I've done some research and have broken every svchost process into their
own process. And over the course of 4 days one svchost process stuck out. Of
course it was running the Windows Automatic Updates but the process potential
grows. There are roughly 500 computers in our environment that this is
happening on and we have our Polices set to look for updates every 3 hours. I
know Windows by defauklt goes out every 22 hours. So over the course of 4
days the svchost process for automatic updates is now sitting around 92mb and
the wuauclt.exe process is sitting at 46mb. So every 3 hours these files
grow. Is there anything that can be done besides reducing the time for
looking for new updates and disabling updates. Also when did this problem
with Windows start. Thanks in advance for any help.


Posted by Frank McCallister SBS MVP on March 28, 2007, 11:17 am
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Hi Sebastion

This problem is not related to Media Center Edition. With 500 computers you
are most likely in a Corporate environmenent running some form of WSUS 2.0
either R2 based or standard WSUS. There are some hotfixes which address this
issue but none which totally fix the issue and the best approach is to st
your update times back to a longer time to minimize the CPU spikes. I
suggest you take this to the appropriate Windows Update forum for
additional help.

--
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC
> Hello
>
> Ok, I've done some research and have broken every svchost process into
> their
> own process. And over the course of 4 days one svchost process stuck out.
> Of
> course it was running the Windows Automatic Updates but the process
> potential
> grows. There are roughly 500 computers in our environment that this is
> happening on and we have our Polices set to look for updates every 3
> hours. I
> know Windows by defauklt goes out every 22 hours. So over the course of 4
> days the svchost process for automatic updates is now sitting around 92mb
> and
> the wuauclt.exe process is sitting at 46mb. So every 3 hours these files
> grow. Is there anything that can be done besides reducing the time for
> looking for new updates and disabling updates. Also when did this problem
> with Windows start. Thanks in advance for any help.
>



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