Were you able to see what process(es) were driving up CPU usage?
Reinstalling windows probably would fix it but that doesn't tell what is
hanging.
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Gifford [mailto:sgifford (at) suspectclass (dot) com [email concealed]]
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 1:07 PM
To: phaser-X
Cc: bugtraq (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Subject: Re: After Ms patches last Wed ...
phaser-X <px (at) zeroday (dot) net [email concealed]> writes:
> I had a different issue after Wednesdays updates. Two win2k computers
in
> my office were rendered useless after the patch. They were fine
before,
> but as soon as the patch finished and the PC was rebooted, the CPU
usage
> was 100% and nothing could be done. I left both PC's sitting for
about 20
> minutes and the 100% CPU usage never came down. Another coworker said
he
> had the same issue with his home PC and he was eventually able to get
into
> the task manager and noticed that the system process was taking up
99-100%
> of the CPU.
>
> Anyone else experience this issue?
A consulting client of mine had the same complaint. He was only able
to fix it by re-installing Windows. You may want to mention it on
NTBugTraq, they often discuss and sort out things like this.
Reinstalling windows probably would fix it but that doesn't tell what is
hanging.
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Gifford [mailto:sgifford (at) suspectclass (dot) com [email concealed]]
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 1:07 PM
To: phaser-X
Cc: bugtraq (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
Subject: Re: After Ms patches last Wed ...
phaser-X <px (at) zeroday (dot) net [email concealed]> writes:
> I had a different issue after Wednesdays updates. Two win2k computers
in
> my office were rendered useless after the patch. They were fine
before,
> but as soon as the patch finished and the PC was rebooted, the CPU
usage
> was 100% and nothing could be done. I left both PC's sitting for
about 20
> minutes and the 100% CPU usage never came down. Another coworker said
he
> had the same issue with his home PC and he was eventually able to get
into
> the task manager and noticed that the system process was taking up
99-100%
> of the CPU.
>
> Anyone else experience this issue?
A consulting client of mine had the same complaint. He was only able
to fix it by re-installing Windows. You may want to mention it on
NTBugTraq, they often discuss and sort out things like this.
----ScottG.
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