[Ham-Computers] Problem with SVCHOST.EXE on an XP Machine

[KD7JYK DM09]

:   As operating systems became more complex Microsoft decided to run
: more software functionality from a dynamic link library (DLL) interface.
: However DLLs are unable to launch themselves and require at least one
: executable program, i.e. svchost.exe, is needed to bridge between the
: library process and the operating system.

So does that mean he needs a way to find out what has called up the instance 
that's using so much CPU?

As for re-install, XP calls out for verification, which as far as I know, 
doesn't work any more.  On the plus side, computers are free by the 
truckload for the asking and XP is common, so find a high-end computer that 
blows what you have out of the water with a good copy of XP on it, copy your 
files over and keep going.  That's what I do.

Kurt