Just to conclude this thread- and emphasise Windows Update was the culprit because it enabled a service,NOT windowblinds - I want to point out this article for anyone else experiencing similar problem: WWW Link Just make sure to follow the guidelines therein,reboot and the 100% CPU-usage should be a thing of the past .This also signifies you probably need to check those services after each windows-update
Disable the Themes service. Start > Right click "My Computer" and go to Manage. Then in the left pane of the window that appears, click the + next to 'Services and Applications'. Then click on Services. Scroll down, right click on the 'Themes' service and click Properties. Under 'Startup Type' change it to 'Disabled' and then click the Stop button. close the dialog and the
I re-installed WB 5.01 ( SDC said no version of windowblinds was installed so I thought it was safe ) . I proceeded thus : * uninstalled WB,as described above * Rebooted * downloaded and installed WB 5.01 using SDC * rebooted * upon startup the WB configuration screen appeared and also our old friend : the 100% CPU svchost. I will now uninstall WB for an indefintely pe
I have uninstalled WB now and the 100% CPU svchost.exe was gone at startup. I'll now check for any "old" installation files - these shouldn't be present though, I always updated using SDC - and re-install WB 5.01 Just hope the uninstall didn't mess up registration for premium skills.... I always reboot after any uninstall ( work in IT myself ) even if it doesn't tell you to do so ,by the wa
You do know Neil's THE lead developer of WB? Could be , but I'm dealing with something I am noticing .The fact that svchost process is ended when I exit windowblinds led me to the conclusion something with WB is going awry ( anyone would think that ) . I can't nOT contradict something when I'm seeing what is happening .This by no means i
By the way: the only time windowblinds starts this svchost.exe is at startup ( and let me assure you: it is windowblinds starting it, there's no mistaken that ). Mine does ( you can see that by using any process manager ) .This in reply to "windowblinds doesn't use svchost.exe" Let me put it this way : - I startup my computer - windowblinds loads - svchost uses 100 % CPU ( and a processmanager says some components of WB are associated with it ,doe
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.1 (build 82 x86)) WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC You have one monitor in total. (Plug en Play-monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON 9600 SERIES Wblind.dll 2006/11/18 14:47:20 Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 11:51:37 Wbsrv.dll 2006/11/18 14:47:19 Wbconfig.exe 2006/11/15 19:39:02 Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 17:54:14 Wbh
Recently I started noticing my computer begiining to run extremely slowly .After checking running processes in taskmanager I saw svchost.exe was using 100 % of CPU . Naturally one assumes the worst and I immediately started to check for virus or spyware , but nothing was found ( running both NOD32 and windows defender ) . As my search continued I also noticed - maybe this is new - there was no tray-icon present for windowblinds . I have WB loading at startup and it was very clear - also