SVCHOST

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Macca

Can one of you good MVP's explain what SVCHOST programme I
often see in task manager actually does?

Many thanks from a damp dull London!!!
 
Macca,

Svchost.exe is the loader of windows services. You may see 4-5 instances of svchost, each will contain a grouping of services.

A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

More Information:
If you want to see which services are run by each Svchost process:

For XP Pro:
Click Start | run | CMD
Type "Tasklist /svc >c:\list.txt"
The list.txt will contain the services list (also the ones launched by each SVCHost process)

Windows XP Home does not have tasklist.exe. I'm not sure if it works for XP Home if you copy it over.
Download available from:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/tasklist.exe


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Can one of you good MVP's explain what SVCHOST programme I
often see in task manager actually does?

Many thanks from a damp dull London!!!
 
-----Original Message-----
Macca,

Svchost.exe is the loader of windows services. You may
Click to expand...
see 4-5 instances of svchost, each will contain a
grouping of services.
A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

More Information:
If you want to see which services are run by each Svchost process:

For XP Pro:
Click Start | run | CMD
Type "Tasklist /svc >c:\list.txt"
The list.txt will contain the services list (also
Click to expand...
the ones launched by each SVCHost process)
Windows XP Home does not have tasklist.exe. I'm not sure
Click to expand...
if it works for XP Home if you copy it over.
Download available from:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/tasklist.exe


--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
-------------------------------------------


Can one of you good MVP's explain what SVCHOST programme I
often see in task manager actually does?

Many thanks from a damp dull London!!!
.
Click to expand...

Hello Ramesh,
Just for your info:I downloaded tasklist.exe for my xp
home it will open but it closes to fast to read it.
Later
 
Copy tasklist.exe to>>

C:\WINDOWS\system32

Once you have done that.
Start | Run | Type: cmd | OK
Type: tasklist /svc | hit Enter

Type: tasklist /? | hit Enter
This will show help.
 
Hello Ramesh;
I have XP Home. Tasklist.exe does work for XP Home.
You have to put it in >> C:\WINDOWS\system32
 
Open a Command Prompt window and run the Tasklist /svc command.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
-------------------------------------------


-----Original Message-----
Macca,

Svchost.exe is the loader of windows services. You may
Click to expand...
see 4-5 instances of svchost, each will contain a
grouping of services.
A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

More Information:
If you want to see which services are run by each Svchost process:

For XP Pro:
Click Start | run | CMD
Type "Tasklist /svc >c:\list.txt"
The list.txt will contain the services list (also
Click to expand...
the ones launched by each SVCHost process)
Windows XP Home does not have tasklist.exe. I'm not sure
Click to expand...
if it works for XP Home if you copy it over.
Download available from:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/tasklist.exe


--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
-------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Newsgroup FAQs:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm

Computer viruses: description, prevention, and recovery:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=129972
Click to expand...
I
often see in task manager actually does?

Many thanks from a damp dull London!!!
.
Click to expand...

Hello Ramesh,
Just for your info:I downloaded tasklist.exe for my xp
home it will open but it closes to fast to read it.
Later
 
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