PowerPoint cause svchost.exe use 100% of system resources

[Corey Adkinson]

When typing text into a new slide, the svchost.exe wil peak at a 100% and
momentarily lock up the computer. I have reloaded the OS and applied all of
the patches and service packs as well as all of the office updates. I
unistalled Office XP and installed Office 2003 and still have the same
problem. Virus definitions are up to date and a virus scan has been ran
numerous times. Any ideas?

 

[Corey Adkinson]

Thanks, but none of these solutions worked. Any more idea's? One thing I did
find out was, if the network cable was unplugged, it functioned properly. I
went as far as swapping out the network card and I still had the same
problem.

 

[picardmeister]

I've never seen the problem you're reporting before, but have you tried
using http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html?

You can take a look at all your instances of svchost.exe and which
services each is hosting. If you double click on one and go to the
Threads tab, you can see how much CPU time each thread is chewing up.

From that, you can try killing that service and seeing if the problem

goes away.