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From: John Callaway on 21 Mar 2010 20:50 I have 4 svchost files. Is that normal? What do they do? Should I get rid of some? JPC
From: Shenan Stanley on 21 Mar 2010 21:05 John Callaway wrote: > I have 4 svchost files. Is that normal? What do they do? Should I > get rid of some? Files or running processes? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: John Callaway on 21 Mar 2010 21:57 Processes. sorry 1 local service 2 network ser.... 1 system Does that look ok? JPC On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:05:30 -0500, "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote: >John Callaway wrote: >> I have 4 svchost files. Is that normal? What do they do? Should I >> get rid of some? > >Files or running processes? > >-- >Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 22 Mar 2010 11:12 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:57:56 -0400, John Callaway <jcalla(a)erols.com> wrote: > Processes. sorry > > 1 local service > 2 network ser.... > 1 system > > Does that look ok? Yes. > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:05:30 -0500, "Shenan Stanley" > <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >John Callaway wrote: > >> I have 4 svchost files. Is that normal? What do they do? Should I > >> get rid of some? > > > >Files or running processes? > > > >-- > >Shenan Stanley > > MS-MVP -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Tim Meddick on 22 Mar 2010 16:00
The file-description for the system32 file "svchost.exe" is listed as : "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services" This can be roughly interpreted as sort of universal starter program for windows services (other processes). They, in turn, start services such as : Cryptographic Services DCOM Server Process Launcher Remote Procedure Call (RPC) The above account for three out of the five "instances" of "svchost" that appear in the Task Manager on my own computer. If you want to investigate what services are initiated by the file: "svchost.exe", type the following into the "Run" box : services.msc ....and hit [ok] You can then double-click on a service to see what executable was responsible for starting it. It turns out that "svchost.exe" starts a good many. Another [small & free] program that is excellent for delving deeper into seeing what each item in the Window's "Task Manager" does, is "Process Explorer" available by clicking on the link below : http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "John Callaway" <jcalla(a)erols.com> wrote in message news:6ijdq59srbmi440hrqq7i7uhsf97tgagoc(a)4ax.com... > Processes. sorry > > 1 local service > 2 network ser.... > 1 system > > Does that look ok? > > JPC > > > On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:05:30 -0500, "Shenan Stanley" > <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>John Callaway wrote: >>> I have 4 svchost files. Is that normal? What do they do? Should I >>> get rid of some? >> >>Files or running processes? >> >>-- >>Shenan Stanley >> MS-MVP > |