svchost.exe

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Does anyone have any idea what svchost.exe is? My computer is suddenly on
the verge of a crash. It is unbelievably slow. I am running XP with IE 6.0.
When I bring up the windows task manager, there is an application by that
name that is using 99% of the CPU. Now I am pretty computer illiterate, but
I think I know that must be what is making it so slow. I have run
my Norton antivirus which I keep updated and it says no virus. Please
help.........Barb
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Service Host - Generic Host Process for Win32 Services. Windows 2000/XP
only. SVCHOST is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that
run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup SVCHOST checks the Services
portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it
needs to load, and then loads them. There can be many instances of SVCHOST
running, as there will be one instance of SVCHOST for every DLL-based
service or grouping of services (the grouping of services is determined by
the programmers who wrote the services in question). Under Windows XP
Professional you can find out what DLL-based services SVCHOST is running by
typing Tasklist /SVC at a Command Prompt (MS-DOS Prompt - this command is
not available in Windows XP Home), while under Windows 2000 you need to use
the TLIST -s command from a Command Prompt (MS-DOS Prompt).

Recommendation :
An integral part of the operating system, leave alone - multiple instances
of SVCHOST is a normal occurrence. If you experience SVCHOST errors, the
problem is most likely not with SVCHOST but with the DLLs it is hosting.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_s.htm
 
Hello Barb,

Svchost.exe is a normal part of your XP system. Many Windows services run
under the svchost.exe process.
Having said that, there is one or more programs or services that is taking
up a large amount of CPU time.

Have any new programs been added to the system lately? Any new software
drivers for system hardware?

We can "Clean Boot" Windows XP to help us determine what may be causing the
problem.

310353 How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

316434 HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

Regards,

Mike Lieser, MCSA, MCSE, CNA
Microsoft SBS Product Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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