SVCHOST.EXE

[Kim Kruse]

Hi,

What is svchost.exe and why do I have 5 (five) instances of that "program"
or whatever it is in my process list. And that was 5 out of 27 running
processes.

Thanks in advance

--
Kim Kruse
------------------------------------
http://www.pagemakers.dk

[Nicholas]

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

Run the command TASKLIST /SVC from a Command Prompt.=20
This will show you what "real" services all those different instances=20
of SVCHOST are supporting, and you can then compare the process=20
IDs from that list with the ones in Task Manager to see exactly what =
they
are.

As for deleting or modifying SVCHOST.EXE, do not even THINK=20
about doing this--you will, at the very least, completely destroy your=20
system's network connectivity, and will more likely render your computer =

unbootable.

I have five (5) instances of SVHOST.EXE running and that's perfectly =
normal.

--=20
Nicholas

-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---------------

"Kim Kruse" > wrote in message: =20
...

| Hi,
|=20
| What is svchost.exe and why do I have 5 (five) instances of that =
"program"
| or whatever it is in my process list. And that was 5 out of 27 running
| processes.
|=20
| Thanks in advance
|=20
| --=20
| Kim Kruse
| ------------------------------------
| http://www.pagemakers.dk
|=20
|

[Kim Kruse]

Hi Nicolas,

Thanks for the quick reply. OK... so now I know what they are and I had no
intensions of deleting them. I was just curious.
--
Kim Kruse
------------------------------------
http://www.pagemakers.dk

"Nicholas" > skrev i en meddelelse
...
A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314056

Run the command TASKLIST /SVC from a Command Prompt.
This will show you what "real" services all those different instances
of SVCHOST are supporting, and you can then compare the process
IDs from that list with the ones in Task Manager to see exactly what they
are.

As for deleting or modifying SVCHOST.EXE, do not even THINK
about doing this--you will, at the very least, completely destroy your
system's network connectivity, and will more likely render your computer
unbootable.

I have five (5) instances of SVHOST.EXE running and that's perfectly normal.

--
Nicholas

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------

"Kim Kruse" > wrote in message:
...

| Hi,
|
| What is svchost.exe and why do I have 5 (five) instances of that "program"
| or whatever it is in my process list. And that was 5 out of 27 running
| processes.
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| --
| Kim Kruse
| ------------------------------------
| http://www.pagemakers.dk
|
|

[robin]

My computer is freezing when I connect to the
internet..when I look at task manager, it shows that
SVCHOST.exe is hogging all my cpu resources. What is
going on?????


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Nicolas,
>
>Thanks for the quick reply. OK... so now I know what
they are and I had no
>intensions of deleting them. I was just curious.
>--
>Kim Kruse
>------------------------------------
>http://www.pagemakers.dk
>
>"Nicholas" > skrev i en
meddelelse
...
>A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;Q314056
>
>Run the command TASKLIST /SVC from a Command Prompt.
>This will show you what "real" services all those
different instances
>of SVCHOST are supporting, and you can then compare the
process
>IDs from that list with the ones in Task Manager to see
exactly what they
>are.
>
>As for deleting or modifying SVCHOST.EXE, do not even
THINK
>about doing this--you will, at the very least,
completely destroy your
>system's network connectivity, and will more likely
render your computer
>unbootable.
>
>I have five (5) instances of SVHOST.EXE running and
that's perfectly normal.
>
>--
>Nicholas
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
-------------------
>------------
>
>"Kim Kruse" > wrote
in message:
...
>
>| Hi,
>|
>| What is svchost.exe and why do I have 5 (five)
instances of that "program"
>| or whatever it is in my process list. And that was 5
out of 27 running
>| processes.
>|
>| Thanks in advance
>|
>| --
>| Kim Kruse
>| ------------------------------------
>| http://www.pagemakers.dk
>|
>|
>
>
>.
>