Jim
December 11th 03, 10:44 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Suddenly for the past month my computer has slowed to a
>crawl. I have a 1.6 ghz with 256megs of RAM and running
>WINDOWS XP.Using control alt. delete and looking under
>processes I see many instances of SVCHOST.EXE running and
>when I close the largest one the computer speeds up
>somewhat. I think this file has something to do with
>computer linking or net linking but am not sure and would
>like to know what to do about ir.If I close a certain
>instance of this SVCHOST.EXE then my machine stops and
>reboots and I am back where I started.Any help???
>.
>Leave those svchost.exe proccesses alone, they are needed
to manage and run windows services. Try removeing that
update 811493 if listed in your add/remove programs. And
run maintenance, the disk cleanup and defragmenter tools.
And your PC speed can increase by adding more RAM too, so
upgrade your memory up to near 512 MB.
>Suddenly for the past month my computer has slowed to a
>crawl. I have a 1.6 ghz with 256megs of RAM and running
>WINDOWS XP.Using control alt. delete and looking under
>processes I see many instances of SVCHOST.EXE running and
>when I close the largest one the computer speeds up
>somewhat. I think this file has something to do with
>computer linking or net linking but am not sure and would
>like to know what to do about ir.If I close a certain
>instance of this SVCHOST.EXE then my machine stops and
>reboots and I am back where I started.Any help???
>.
>Leave those svchost.exe proccesses alone, they are needed
to manage and run windows services. Try removeing that
update 811493 if listed in your add/remove programs. And
run maintenance, the disk cleanup and defragmenter tools.
And your PC speed can increase by adding more RAM too, so
upgrade your memory up to near 512 MB.