My and some of my clients systems have suddenly started running extremely
slowly, I have to suspect an MS Update as that's the only thing I can think
of that would affect these systems at different locations and infrastructures.

My Windows 7 system crawled when I awoke it from sleep mode this morning. I
forced power off and when it came up it took almost 20 mins for the desktop
to show. I ran repair disk, still the same result. Safe mode runs fine. On
the taskmanager process page it takes forever to populate the list but no
process shows heavy CPU utilization. The performance tab shows 100% CPU
utilization all of the time. The service tab shows a lot of services stopped,
which is not likely in a normal running environment, hence my suspicion the
WU installer is at work here. I am in the process of restoring to yesterdays
backup as I have no clue how to remedy this.

Two different clients have called me, Vista and multiple XP systems with the
same symptoms.

Has anyone seen or heard of this?

Thanks for any suggesitions?

Dabbler wrote:

Quote:

My and some of my clients systems have suddenly started running extremely slowly, I have to suspect an MS Update as that's the only thing I can think of that would affect these systems at different locations and infrastructures. My Windows 7 system crawled when I awoke it from sleep mode this morning. I forced power off and when it came up it took almost 20 mins for the desktop to show. I ran repair disk, still the same result. Safe mode runs fine. On the taskmanager process page it takes forever to populate the list but no process shows heavy CPU utilization. The performance tab shows 100% CPU utilization all of the time. The service tab shows a lot of services stopped, which is not likely in a normal running environment, hence my suspicion the WU installer is at work here. I am in the process of restoring to yesterdays backup as I have no clue how to remedy this. Two different clients have called me, Vista and multiple XP systems with the same symptoms. Has anyone seen or heard of this? Thanks for any suggesitions?

If you suspect an update - what does the Add/remove Programs or Updates
History tell you about when and what updates were recently installed?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

good idea... and the event log perhaps. I'll run over to my client and check
their systems, mine is already i the recovery processes.

Thanks.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Quote:

Dabbler wrote: My and some of my clients systems have suddenly started running extremely slowly, I have to suspect an MS Update as that's the only thing I can think of that would affect these systems at different locations and infrastructures. My Windows 7 system crawled when I awoke it from sleep mode this morning. I forced power off and when it came up it took almost 20 mins for the desktop to show. I ran repair disk, still the same result. Safe mode runs fine. On the taskmanager process page it takes forever to populate the list but no process shows heavy CPU utilization. The performance tab shows 100% CPU utilization all of the time. The service tab shows a lot of services stopped, which is not likely in a normal running environment, hence my suspicion the WU installer is at work here. I am in the process of restoring to yesterdays backup as I have no clue how to remedy this. Two different clients have called me, Vista and multiple XP systems with the same symptoms. Has anyone seen or heard of this? Thanks for any suggesitions? If you suspect an update - what does the Add/remove Programs or Updates History tell you about when and what updates were recently installed? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Perhaps COMODO Firewall updates?

Dabbler wrote:

Quote:

My and some of my clients systems have suddenly started running extremely slowly, I have to suspect an MS Update as that's the only thing I can think of that would affect these systems at different locations and infrastructures. My Windows 7 system crawled when I awoke it from sleep mode this morning. I forced power off and when it came up it took almost 20 mins for the desktop to show. I ran repair disk, still the same result. Safe mode runs fine. On the taskmanager process page it takes forever to populate the list but no process shows heavy CPU utilization. The performance tab shows 100% CPU utilization all of the time. The service tab shows a lot of services stopped, which is not likely in a normal running environment, hence my suspicion the WU installer is at work here. I am in the process of restoring to yesterdays backup as I have no clue how to remedy this. Two different clients have called me, Vista and multiple XP systems with the same symptoms. Has anyone seen or heard of this? Thanks for any suggesitions?

Dabbler wrote:

Quote:

good idea... and the event log perhaps. I'll run over to my client and check their systems, mine is already i the recovery processes.

Using any third-party firewalls?

Disable them and enable the built-in one. Better?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks Shenan and Bob, you guys pegged the problem. Comodo removed and all's
well, now I just have to find a replacement ;)

Thanks again guys, made me look good in front of my client ;)

Michael

"Bob I" wrote:

Quote:

Perhaps COMODO Firewall updates? Dabbler wrote: My and some of my clients systems have suddenly started running extremely slowly, I have to suspect an MS Update as that's the only thing I can think of that would affect these systems at different locations and infrastructures. My Windows 7 system crawled when I awoke it from sleep mode this morning. I forced power off and when it came up it took almost 20 mins for the desktop to show. I ran repair disk, still the same result. Safe mode runs fine. On the taskmanager process page it takes forever to populate the list but no process shows heavy CPU utilization. The performance tab shows 100% CPU utilization all of the time. The service tab shows a lot of services stopped, which is not likely in a normal running environment, hence my suspicion the WU installer is at work here. I am in the process of restoring to yesterdays backup as I have no clue how to remedy this. Two different clients have called me, Vista and multiple XP systems with the same symptoms. Has anyone seen or heard of this? Thanks for any suggesitions?

You're welcome, have a great day!

Dabbler wrote:

Quote:

Thanks Shenan and Bob, you guys pegged the problem. Comodo removed and all's well, now I just have to find a replacement ;) Thanks again guys, made me look good in front of my client ;) Michael "Bob I" wrote: Perhaps COMODO Firewall updates? Dabbler wrote: My and some of my clients systems have suddenly started running extremely slowly, I have to suspect an MS Update as that's the only thing I can think of that would affect these systems at different locations and infrastructures. My Windows 7 system crawled when I awoke it from sleep mode this morning. I forced power off and when it came up it took almost 20 mins for the desktop to show. I ran repair disk, still the same result. Safe mode runs fine. On the taskmanager process page it takes forever to populate the list but no process shows heavy CPU utilization. The performance tab shows 100% CPU utilization all of the time. The service tab shows a lot of services stopped, which is not likely in a normal running environment, hence my suspicion the WU installer is at work here. I am in the process of restoring to yesterdays backup as I have no clue how to remedy this. Two different clients have called me, Vista and multiple XP systems with the same symptoms. Has anyone seen or heard of this? Thanks for any suggesitions?