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Microsoft Quietly Fixes Windows XP Resource Hog Problem
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft indicated this week that it has fixed a Windows XP resource-hog problem associated with the system's SVCHOST.EXE processes. Windows XP users affected by this problem typically found that the operating system was using up system resources for 15 minutes to an hour after startup, making it difficult to use the machine during that period. The Microsoft Update team had vowed last month to spend the holiday break tackling the issue, which has plagued some users for years. The fix involved stopping the system from perpetually checking Internet Explorer updates. Microsoft indicated that the fix was rolled out on Tuesday."
Bye bye Windows 8 hello xp
What next: Are they going to tackle the memory leaks in the Commodore 64 Operating System?
Well, the slowdowns came from the worms you inevitably got.
To be fair they usually don't do this kind of stuff.
Right. Normally, if it's broken, it stays broken until a new product release really fucks it up...
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