I'm working on a Sony Vaio laptop where the wuauclt.exe process (I believe this is the Windows update process) is using 100% of the CPU. If I stop the process it just comes back and starts using up the CPU again.
View 2 Replieswuauclt.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience I am currently using Windows XP and this message is showing up in two computers .
I understand that this is a widows update client running process, but I have 18 of them running in my task manager!!!I can't browse the Internet or open applications (MS Word, Windows Media Player, etc.)and I can't access its files on my network. It tries to run the app when you select it, but then itquickly goes away. Seems like over time the wuauclt's keep adding on in the task manager, like it's trying to update but can't.All my computer can really do is open task manager and get into control panel.
View 1 Replies View RelatedEvery time I turn on my computer, a background process called "wuauclt.exe" and "svchost.exe" take up all of my systems resources, mainly meaning that the CPU runs at 100% clock speed. I know that the two are related, and that they serve to update my computer with Windows Update. Unfotrunately, as mentioned before, this takes its toll on my PC, and slows it down to a crawl. I have turned off "Automatic Updates" but the process still runs every so often, mainly when I turn on my computer. How do I disable it <b>completely</b>? Furthermore, I'd like it if the only way to install my updates was via the Microsoft /Windows Update site, not via the background process.Concerning the Windows Genuine Advntage WGA tool - How often does this transmit information to Microsoft?
View 3 Replies View Relatedhi folks,having a problem with a continous pop up error wuauclt.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close .we are sorry for the inconvenience. i then send the error report to microsoft and this stillcomes up.any hellp would be appreicated ihave a dell dimeson 2400 and running xp home edition 2002 service pack 3
View 8 Replies View RelatedFor some reason my windows update (wuauclt.exe) file has decided to run 24 hours a day. This means that it is using 99% of my computer resources. I have
run virus and spyware and nothing, I have deleted the file that seems to be causing the problem, but it always comes back on restart.
I'm costantly having BSoDs after startup with stop code: 0x0000008e {0x00000005, 0x00000000, 0xEC39AB84, 0X00000000} My OS is WinXP SP2, 1Gig ram with plenty of free HDD space the crash happens when wuauclt.exe process is called after login I booted on safe mode and renamed wuauclt.exe to something else and BSoDs stoped, so it is indeed triggering the crash.
Upon start-up, and after selecting a user..usually Christine, my wife [there are 4 users set-up] at the desktop screen I immediately get a pop-up error box that reads WUAUCLT.exe encountered an error and needs to close. It also goes on to read...if you want to send this message to Microsoft click this and then, of course, there is the Don't Send option as well. I usually click the don't send option....10 seconds later the box pops back up...I went to Task Mgr a few times and saw it [wuauclt.exe] running in Processes and was able to stop it from running. However, it is not always in Task Mgr to stop!
View 2 Replies View RelatedBoth svchost.exe + wuauclt.exe's memory usage occassionally increases rapidly even if my laptop is idle. I have to terminate wuauclt.exe manually (through End Process in Task Manager) in order for the 'Commit Charge' to return to late 300/early 400M figures. If my 'Commit Charge' is 5XXM or above, if I plug any USB devices Windows XP won't recognise them. I have to terminate memory consuming programs (e.g. Firefox), restoring the Commit Charge to 4XXM, then Windows XP will recognised any USB devices I plug in. However, if I plug any USB devices right at the beginning when I turn on the laptop, I won't encounter any problems. Why is this?
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen I run applications such as new games (swat 4, Dawn of war, AOE3, Silkroad, or play DVDs, my computer stars... "Blinking, that is, it turns black and then turns on again. For example, I click my pc, then monotor becomes black, and then turns on again, with the my pc window open. When I restart, an error message appear. Its always the 2 messages "Windows has recovereds from a serious error"-and-"Wuauclt.exe has encontered an error and must shut down"
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhen I try to install updates from Microsoft's site I get an error saying "Updates were not successfully installed." This happens during both manual and automatic updating. I search google.com high and low and cannot find a fix that works. This is the specific error from the WindowsUpdate.log
FATAL: Error: 0x80070005. wuauclt handler: failed to spawn COM server
FATAL: 0x80070005: ERROR: Remote update handler container process created (PID: 1656), but exited before signaling event