4 instances of svchost.exe

[Richard]

Is it normal for 4 svchost.exe's to be running, totally
about 20MB of disk usage? I just restarted to see if any
cleared up, but no luck. I know it's a windows process,
but don't know if 4 are necessary. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Richard

[Nicholas]

A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;Q314056

Note: Four or five instances of Svchost.exe is perfectly normal.


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Nicholas

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| Is it normal for 4 svchost.exe's to be running, totally=20
| about 20MB of disk usage? I just restarted to see if any=20
| cleared up, but no luck. I know it's a windows process,=20
| but don't know if 4 are necessary. Any suggestions?
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| Thanks
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| Richard

[Unknown]

Yes it's normal.
"Richard" > wrote in message
...
> Is it normal for 4 svchost.exe's to be running, totally
> about 20MB of disk usage? I just restarted to see if any
> cleared up, but no luck. I know it's a windows process,
> but don't know if 4 are necessary. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard