Problem Solution: Windows XP, svchost.exe using 99% CPU, very slow system

[Denzil_DC]

5. You're welcome. I figure that if Microsoft does go ahead and withdraw Windows XP support,

holdouts like me who have no pressing reason to update to a newer OS (and whose otherwise perfectly sound hardware may not be fit to run a newer OS) are increasingly going to have to rely on each other for tech support for any problems down the line, not least those Microsoft bequeaths to us. That's why I particularly appreciate input like hobbit709's recent post about the Windows replacement disk.

Funnily enough, if they do go ahead and stop issuing XP updates, that'll remove one source of these svchost.exe overload problems, as they're often linked to a specific Windows updates and the Windows Automatic Updates process!