Had the issue, but no more
I had this issue of svchost.exe running mad but I took my system back to a basic image (basically a new install of XP SP2 which I had imaged using Acronis so didnt have to waste time installing XP and then the drivers and then office and then etc etc) and then updated with all the latest updates from the Microsoft Update site. I even installed the Microsot Update someone talks about not doing earlier. The only programs I havent upgraded are IE to version 7 (still on 6.0) and Windows Media Player to version 11 (Nokia reasons on WMP, still on 10) as I am a software developer who has to keep programs a little older than Microsoft likes, and since doing so, have had no problems with svchost.
It should be noted that originally, before the re-image, I had every update possible, IE7, WMP11, everything that was going and my svchost was going nuts.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
