Starting Services.exe Interactively Uses 100 Percent of CPU Time (280802)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

This article was previously published under Q280802

SYMPTOMS

When you start Services.exe from an interactive session, it returns immediately.

When you look at the performance data, you see that you have high usage of the central processing unit (CPU) for the instance of Services.exe that you just started.

RESOLUTION

You are not able to end this program by clicking End Task in Task Manager. You need to use a different tool, such as Kill.exe, from Support Tools.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/26/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbnofix KB280802