Ryan E
11-20-2006, 03:30 PM
I have a machine that will all of a sudden have SERVICES.EXE spike to 100%
and stay there for a long time. It does go on and off, but I need to know
what service is actually causing it to happen. How do I pinpoint which
service is utilizing my resources?
I am using 2000 SP4 with all patches installed (I think one of them may have
triggered this, but I don't know.) I just did a system wipe, installed 2000
SP3, updated, and patched my way to this.
Dave Patrick
11-20-2006, 04:48 PM
From a command prompt;
tlist -s
tlist pid
may be of some use. You can extract the tlist.exe utility from the
Support.cab file from the Windows 2000 installation CD's Support\Tools
folder.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Ryan E" wrote:
>I have a machine that will all of a sudden have SERVICES.EXE spike to 100%
> and stay there for a long time. It does go on and off, but I need to know
> what service is actually causing it to happen. How do I pinpoint which
> service is utilizing my resources?
>
> I am using 2000 SP4 with all patches installed (I think one of them may
> have
> triggered this, but I don't know.) I just did a system wipe, installed
> 2000
> SP3, updated, and patched my way to this.
Ryan E
11-21-2006, 05:24 AM
Tlist was exactly what I was looking for, thanks.
Turns out it was my fault... too many hosts in hosts file. DNScache was
having a fit. I was finally able to get into Event viewer to detemine that
(took about 10 minutes.) I had to to coax it along using Task manager,
increasing the permissions to high to get ahead of the service.
"Ryan E" wrote:
> I have a machine that will all of a sudden have SERVICES.EXE spike to 100%
> and stay there for a long time. It does go on and off, but I need to know
> what service is actually causing it to happen. How do I pinpoint which
> service is utilizing my resources?
>
> I am using 2000 SP4 with all patches installed (I think one of them may have
> triggered this, but I don't know.) I just did a system wipe, installed 2000
> SP3, updated, and patched my way to this.
Dave Patrick
11-22-2006, 04:13 AM
Good to hear. You're welcome.
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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
"Ryan E" wrote:
> Tlist was exactly what I was looking for, thanks.
>
> Turns out it was my fault... too many hosts in hosts file. DNScache was
> having a fit. I was finally able to get into Event viewer to detemine that
> (took about 10 minutes.) I had to to coax it along using Task manager,
> increasing the permissions to high to get ahead of the service.
>
>
> "Ryan E" wrote:
>
>> I have a machine that will all of a sudden have SERVICES.EXE spike to
>> 100%
>> and stay there for a long time. It does go on and off, but I need to know
>> what service is actually causing it to happen. How do I pinpoint which
>> service is utilizing my resources?
>>
>> I am using 2000 SP4 with all patches installed (I think one of them may
>> have
>> triggered this, but I don't know.) I just did a system wipe, installed
>> 2000
>> SP3, updated, and patched my way to this.