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What is Sysdown.exe?

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by cybersub

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I have a distribution server that is running at 100 percent CPU. One process call "sysdown.exe" is taking 95-99 percent of the CPU in the task manager. How do I get rid of this? I tried ending the process but it says "access denied".

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by ian boothby

SYSDOWN.exe shuts down the system if critical fans are removed after the Power On Self Test completes but before the System Management driver loads.

Don't know why yours is so hungry tho' - it could be stuck in a loop caused by poor wiring to sender(s) or faulty senders.

by tomas

If this is a temporary thing and you want a way to to end the process without rebooting the server, use kill.exe from the Windows NT 4 Server Resource Kit. (I'm sure there is a new or equivelent prog in the Win2K Resource Kit, I haven't checked. ButI'm using the NT4 version, and it works fine on Win2k as well...)

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