PC trying to download from Microsoft.com...

[pwig]

My PC is trying to download something from microsoft.com.. well thats what Naviscope says anyway. I can't stop it, and it keeps slowing my pooter down. Any ideas?

[Big Al.]

Single, control alt delete. See what's running and shut it down.. failing that, control alt delete again and re-boot.

[FourWheelDrift]

Do you have "Automatic Updates" turned on?

[pwig]

Crt alt del shows up nothing of interesting.. nothing using the CPU and no I have not got auto updates on

[pwig]

And it does it despite numerous restarts!

[Bodo]

Do you want to keep using MS any longer?

[Big Al.]

What about cleaning out you cache, and a restart. Might help!

[pwig]

Big Al. said:

What about cleaning out you cache, and a restart. Might help!

How do I do that?

[Marshy]

Install ZoneAlarm a well as that doodad you're using at the moment - ZoneAlarm will tell you which program is trying to download something. It's a useful way to notice when/if you've caught spyware too...

[pwig]

Its installed already.

IT stops if I cancel the 'SVCHOST.exe' that is using the CPU the most.

[pbrettle]

Have you got the "Help and Support" service running? This is started and cant be permanently stopped when you run a search or press Help anywhere in XP. Its a real pain, but it restarts and it will query Microsoft for updates and helpful "hints"....

A bit crap really. Turn the service off and set its start up state to Disabled. Oh, and dont press Help again as it will restart it again...

[pwig]

Its stopped now I have installed the new MSN messanger...