Wuauclt.exe pigs all time processor which makes the computer unusable

The machine is a laptop Dell Vostro 1000 with Win XP SP3 Home edition. It has 2 GB of RAM with a 120 GB hard drive that is half full. The computer initially had no protection against the virus, then McAfee and Norton now. The problem exists all along.

For the past two years after start-up, the hard disk will work continuously for 30-40 minutes. Meanwhile, the computer is unresponsive and almost unusable. Meanwhile, the wuauclt.exe program uses 10 to 20% of the time processor, 100% of the time of HDD and 200 to 300 MB of memory. I did a lot of research on this issue. It is clear that this is caused by the logic messed up in one of the programs of updates windows several years ago. I looked at several positions of MVP and/or Microsoft employees, but none of them is no fix for the problem. They say all to come or try this. I tried all the tips I can find. None of them work with the exception of just disable the updates of Windows.

I contacted Microsoft by phone about it. They suggested that I do a repair of the original disc for Win XP. This does not work because the Win XP disk is earlier than SP3. He won't do anything.

All I have to do is find a way to remove all Windows Update of the computer software, so it can relocate. I found links to FixIt program on the Microsoft Web site, which is supposed to do, but when I run it, it stops and says something in the sense of "this software will not work with the operating system on your computer".

It's really discouraging that Microsoft caused this problem and then did nothing to remedy.

Have you ever done a repair facility or even a clean installation of Windows XP?

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