Im working on a Dell Vostro desktop and a Compaq CQ57 laptop that are having similar problems. Both are running Windows 7 and were running slow.
After no increase in performance after virus/malware removal and system tweaking, I did a complete factory restore on the Compaq. All went well and now I'm using the Windows update to get it up to date but it is painfully slow. It's been working on the first round of updates since yesterday. Says it's running low on memory. CPU usage is <10% but memory usage is 95-97%. Showing that the main process using the memory is TrustedInstaller.
The Dell was taking about 30 minutes to boot. Virus/malware removal and system tweaking did a good job of bringing it back to life. However, it was back to a crawl within minutes of restarting it. Again, <10% CPU usage and 95-97% memory usage by Svchost which is running Windows Update and a slew of other services.
Is there anyway to throttle the Svchost process back a little or maybe there's an underlying factor I'm missing here? just found it strange that both systems were having the same issues related to Windows Update. I've seen some bog down but usually they bounce right back within a few minutes. These have been struggling since yesterday.
After no increase in performance after virus/malware removal and system tweaking, I did a complete factory restore on the Compaq. All went well and now I'm using the Windows update to get it up to date but it is painfully slow. It's been working on the first round of updates since yesterday. Says it's running low on memory. CPU usage is <10% but memory usage is 95-97%. Showing that the main process using the memory is TrustedInstaller.
The Dell was taking about 30 minutes to boot. Virus/malware removal and system tweaking did a good job of bringing it back to life. However, it was back to a crawl within minutes of restarting it. Again, <10% CPU usage and 95-97% memory usage by Svchost which is running Windows Update and a slew of other services.
Is there anyway to throttle the Svchost process back a little or maybe there's an underlying factor I'm missing here? just found it strange that both systems were having the same issues related to Windows Update. I've seen some bog down but usually they bounce right back within a few minutes. These have been struggling since yesterday.