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. > >
