eating up memory

[Rich]

When I boot my computer and open the Windows Task Manager
I can watch one of the processes(Image Name-svchost.exe,
User Name-Local Service) increase in the amount of memory
it uses. I have let it grow as large as 160,000K before
right clicking and ending the "Process Tree". Once it has
ended I have no problems. If the process reappears it
remains relatively small. I have updated versions of
Windows XP, Norton Antivirus and McAfee Firewall. I have
reformatted the NTFS partition on my hard drive and
reinstalled Windows but the problem persists. Please help.

Rich

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Description of Svchost.exe:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q250/3/20.ASP
Default Processes in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q263/2/01.ASP

For a list of running tasks, open a command prompt, and type:

netstat -ano

then:

tasklist /svc


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"Rich" > wrote in message
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> When I boot my computer and open the Windows Task Manager
> I can watch one of the processes(Image Name-svchost.exe,
> User Name-Local Service) increase in the amount of memory
> it uses. I have let it grow as large as 160,000K before
> right clicking and ending the "Process Tree". Once it has
> ended I have no problems. If the process reappears it
> remains relatively small. I have updated versions of
> Windows XP, Norton Antivirus and McAfee Firewall. I have
> reformatted the NTFS partition on my hard drive and
> reinstalled Windows but the problem persists. Please help.
>
> Rich