[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

My computer is sick. Shortly after I boot up, the CPU pegs at 100%, and basically the computer will do nothing. It takes it a full five minutes to respond to a shut down command, and pretty much the same thing or worse when I try to open Outlook or Internet Explorer.

In Windows Task Manager, Processes tab, I'm seeing a System process called SVCHOST.EXE that shows its CPU usage hovering at 98-99. It's using almost 69,000 K of memory. What is this, and why is it jamming up my CPU? Can I use the "End Process" command to shut it down?

Best Regards,
Wayne