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RE: After Ms patches last Wed ...
From: phaser-X <px () zeroday net>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 16:44:26 -0700 (PDT)
I couldn't do anything on the system. If I hit CTRL+ALT+DEL to get into the task manager, it literally took about 20 minutes. Everything was very unresponsive. I ended up having to use the "repair" feature off the win2k CD. It replaced a few files and then the system was fine until I went back and re-updated, then the PC crashed after about 15 minutes and upon reboot the system was 100% again. I repeated the "repair" option to get everything back to normal again. And yes, it was the "system" process that was 99-100%, not the system idle process. -pX On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Alun Jones wrote:
phaser-X wrote:I had a different issue after Wednesdays updates. Two win2k computers in my office were rendered useless after the patch. They were fine before, but as soon as the patch finished and the PC was rebooted, the CPU usage was 100% and nothing could be done. I left both PC's sitting for about 20 minutes and the 100% CPU usage never came down. Another coworker said he had the same issue with his home PC and he was eventually able to get into the task manager and noticed that the system process was taking up 99-100% of the CPU.Not that it's necessarily the case for you, but frequently patching is the one time when reboots are almost bound to occur - as a result, an awful lot of bugs are discovered after the patch, but not necessarily because of the patch. General advice is to try uninstalling the patch and see if the problem still exists, before deciding which way to debug - not very easy if you have all your CPU locked up! As to the "system process" taking up 99-100% of the CPU, there is a "System Idle Process" that is _supposed_ to do that. I hope your coworker hasn't misconstrued :-) Try calling PSS (you know, tech support?), and see if they have any ideas. Alun. ~~~~ -- Texas Imperial Software | Find us at http://www.wftpd.com or email 1602 Harvest Moon Place | alun () texis com. Cedar Park TX 78613-1419 | WFTPD, WFTPD Pro are Windows FTP servers. Fax/Voice +1(512)258-9858 | Try our NEW client software, WFTPD Explorer.
Current thread:
- After Ms patches last Wed ... aborg (Apr 16)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... phaser-X (Apr 16)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... Andy Shaw (Apr 17)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... Dan Harkless (Apr 17)
- RE: After Ms patches last Wed ... Alun Jones (Apr 17)
- RE: After Ms patches last Wed ... phaser-X (Apr 19)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... Scott Gifford (Apr 17)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... Jerry Winegarden (Apr 19)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... plasmahh (Apr 19)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... Alex Cruz (Apr 19)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... T.H. Haymore (Apr 19)
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- RE: After Ms patches last Wed ... Brito, Nelson (ISS Brazil) (Apr 19)
- RE: After Ms patches last Wed ... David Hayden (Apr 19)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... geoff . froh (Apr 20)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... Greg Kujawa (Apr 20)
- RE: After Ms patches last Wed ... David Hayden (Apr 30)
- Re: After Ms patches last Wed ... phaser-X (Apr 16)