tcpsvcs.exe

deicist

Hi guys, hope someone can help me with this... for some reason the process tcpsvcs.exe on my server is eating up 98% of the processor time. I know this service is part of windows networking, but I don't get why it's using so much processor time, I'm worried it's somehow been hijacked or something.

Some things I've ruled out:

Server is not a DHCP server
Server is not a print server
Automatic updates is off (no updates downloading in the background)

Server is running XP pro, service pack 2.

I've just realised uPNP is enabled (for a bittorrent program) but my laptop also has uPNP enabled and that doesn't show this kind of activity.

Any ideas?

mmonnin

http://forum.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_sysperf&message.id=17906&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

One guy fixed it and his explanation is in this thread:
http://www.gidforums.com/t-6079.html

deicist

ah, cheers for that, I'll have a go when I get chance. As a quick fix I've killed the process, doesn't seem to have caused any problems so far.