Process Services.exe causes system pause

[seggons]

I have only just noticed it but every 10 secs or so any game I play would pause for about a second or so which makes it very off putting. I ran process explorer to find out what was the problem and it was services.exe causing the pause.
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3828/servicesexe1az.th.jpg (http://img404.imageshack.us/my.php?image=servicesexe1az.jpg)
I then wanted to see what thread in that process was causing it:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3025/servicesthread3cf.th.jpg (http://img513.imageshack.us/my.php?image=servicesthread3cf.jpg)

But from here on I dont know what to do to solve it from jumping up and down. So I hope someone out there will be able to point me in a direction that will feed it some chill pills :)

Thanks to anybody that may provide some helpful information :thumb:

[wheel4hummer]

I do know that it is "responsible for running, ending, and interacting with system services". And, "services.exe is located in the c:\windows\System32 folder. In other cases, services.exe is a virus, spyware, trojan or worm!" It is also, "a process which is registered as the W32.Randex.R (stored in %systemroot%\system32\ directory) and Sober.P (stored in %systemroot%\Connection Wizard\Status\ directory) and Sober.S/V (Executed from the %Windir%\ConnectionStatus\Microsoft\services.exe directory) Trojans. These Trojans allow attackers to access your computer, stealing passwords and personal data. It is a registered security risk and should be removed immediately." If I were you, I would see which directory it is executing from. Make sure it isn't a trojan. And then, go to File>Run>services.msc, and disable any services that you don't need. If it still jumps up and down, you could boot in safe mode and see if it does the same thing.



Bibliography:
http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/services.exe.html
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/services/

Google is your friend :P

[seggons]

Just checked and services.exe is in the c:\windows\System32 folder.
Restarted into safe mode and it does not do it.
Any unnessasery services in services.misc have been disabled.

Now I just need a cure to sort it out :)
Thanks for you help :up: