SVCHOST.EXE

[William B. Lurie]

When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?

[Jim[_30_]]

"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
> keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
> loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
> until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
> of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?
Gee, most people have 5 or 6 processes using svchost.exe.
You could learn the command string used to invoke svchost.exe with Process
Explorer. That command might give some insight into what the program is
doing.
Also, insure that the program executes from \windows\system32.
Jim

[JS]

From Ramesh's web site: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm
Also: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

To find out more about Svchost.exe entries try Process Explorer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
(This will provide some of the detailed info you may need)
Expand the Process tree until 'Services.exe' has been expanded.
Next move the mouse cursor over the Svchost.exe process that you are
interested in.
Or expand the Svchost entry if you see a + sign to the left of Svchost
entry.
(You should now see a pop up with a list of services associated with the
Svchost.exe you chose)
Next double click on the Svchost.exe process that you are interested in.
The 'Properties' Window should now be displayed with numerous tabs
available.

JS
www.pagestart.com


"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
> keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
> loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
> until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
> of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?

[William B. Lurie]

My thanks to those who made suggestions....
When time permits (if ever), I'll follow up.

JS wrote:
> From Ramesh's web site: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm
> Also: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056
>
> To find out more about Svchost.exe entries try Process Explorer:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx
>
> Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
> In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
> Pane' options.
> (This will provide some of the detailed info you may need)
> Expand the Process tree until 'Services.exe' has been expanded.
> Next move the mouse cursor over the Svchost.exe process that you are
> interested in.
> Or expand the Svchost entry if you see a + sign to the left of Svchost
> entry.
> (You should now see a pop up with a list of services associated with the
> Svchost.exe you chose)
> Next double click on the Svchost.exe process that you are interested in.
> The 'Properties' Window should now be displayed with numerous tabs
> available.
>
> JS
> www.pagestart.com
>
>
> "William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
> ...
>> When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
>> keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
>> loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
>> until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
>> of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?
>
>

[Doug P]

I've found automatic updates is frequently a cause of this but I think MS
provided an update to fix this specific issue. If you are "up to date" it
probably isn't this.

"William B. Lurie" wrote:

> When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
> keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
> loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
> until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
> of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?
>

[William B. Lurie]

Oh, I'm "up to date", Doug. I wait all too often while
it updates. Today I got a new one during boot-up, as
seen in this screen shot:

http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billurie/SHOT001.gif

It gives very specific information......but useless to
me. This is a newly cloned drive, and I've run defrag
and chkdsk twice. I may try removing some things from
the Startup list to see if it goes away.

Doug P wrote:
> I've found automatic updates is frequently a cause of this but I think MS
> provided an update to fix this specific issue. If you are "up to date" it
> probably isn't this.
>
> "William B. Lurie" wrote:
>
>> When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
>> keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
>> loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
>> until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
>> of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?
>>

[Jim[_30_]]

"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> Oh, I'm "up to date", Doug. I wait all too often while
> it updates. Today I got a new one during boot-up, as
> seen in this screen shot:
>
> http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billurie/SHOT001.gif
>
> It gives very specific information......but useless to
> me. This is a newly cloned drive, and I've run defrag
> and chkdsk twice. I may try removing some things from
> the Startup list to see if it goes away.
>
> Doug P wrote:
>> I've found automatic updates is frequently a cause of this but I think MS
>> provided an update to fix this specific issue. If you are "up to date" it
>> probably isn't this.
>>
>> "William B. Lurie" wrote:
>>
>>> When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
>>> keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
>>> loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
>>> until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
>>> of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?
>>>
Isn't that kind of message usually an indication of memory problems?
Jim

[William B. Lurie]

Jim wrote:
> "William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Oh, I'm "up to date", Doug. I wait all too often while
>> it updates. Today I got a new one during boot-up, as
>> seen in this screen shot:
>>
>> http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billurie/SHOT001.gif
>>
>> It gives very specific information......but useless to
>> me. This is a newly cloned drive, and I've run defrag
>> and chkdsk twice. I may try removing some things from
>> the Startup list to see if it goes away.
>>
>> Doug P wrote:
>>> I've found automatic updates is frequently a cause of this but I think MS
>>> provided an update to fix this specific issue. If you are "up to date" it
>>> probably isn't this.
>>>
>>> "William B. Lurie" wrote:
>>>
>>>> When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
>>>> keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
>>>> loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
>>>> until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
>>>> of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?
>>>>
> Isn't that kind of message usually an indication of memory problems?
> Jim
>
>
I wouldn't know about that, Jim, but I have 1.5GB of RAM and
6 GB of empty space in that partition.
Bill

[Jim[_30_]]

"William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
...
> Jim wrote:
>> "William B. Lurie" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Oh, I'm "up to date", Doug. I wait all too often while
>>> it updates. Today I got a new one during boot-up, as
>>> seen in this screen shot:
>>>
>>> http://bellsouthpwp.net/b/i/billurie/SHOT001.gif
>>>
>>> It gives very specific information......but useless to
>>> me. This is a newly cloned drive, and I've run defrag
>>> and chkdsk twice. I may try removing some things from
>>> the Startup list to see if it goes away.
>>>
>>> Doug P wrote:
>>>> I've found automatic updates is frequently a cause of this but I think
>>>> MS provided an update to fix this specific issue. If you are "up to
>>>> date" it probably isn't this.
>>>>
>>>> "William B. Lurie" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When my system is restarted, I find that "svchost.exe" is
>>>>> keeping it busy for minutes after everything else is
>>>>> loaded and quieted down. It slows down everything else
>>>>> until it finishes. Checking, I find 2 or 3 instances
>>>>> of it running. Is there anything I can do about it?
>>>>>
>> Isn't that kind of message usually an indication of memory problems?
>> Jim
> I wouldn't know about that, Jim, but I have 1.5GB of RAM and
> 6 GB of empty space in that partition.
> Bill
Bill:

I meant that you may have faulty RAM. Doing defrag and/or chkdsk is a waste
of time if the fundamental problem is a bad memory stick.
Jim