svchost

2008-05-26 11:30:08

#1

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6231|Places 'n such

I know its meant to be a windows process but ive got 6 of them and they're killing my memory and processor and i have no idea what to do about it. AVG doesnt pick them up as a problem and neither does any registry checkers ive used.

W'hey for 2 help requests in a day XD

#Edit: make that 10 of them

Last edited by presidentsheep (2008-05-26 11:30:39)

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2008-05-26 11:33:47

#2

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7002|St. Andrews / Oslo

Found this via google:

http://repair-svchost.org/?gclid=CKjG9s … 1QodjD3ZCg

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2008-05-26 11:34:43

#3

MetaL*: Banned; +188|6427|Anaheim, Mexifornia

I have 7 open at the moment.

I'm pretty sure you need them.

Sometimes they could be viruses in disguise.

2008-05-26 11:49:11

#4

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6409|New Jersey

I have 12 of them running right now. They are necessary system processes and shouldn't affect performance. Are you sure it's svchost that is slowing your PC down and not something else?

2008-05-26 11:56:39

#5

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6651|Bromley, London

I have 13 open.....

2008-05-26 11:56:53

#6

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6760|Gogledd Cymru

8

2008-05-26 12:02:02

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6467|Winland

svchost uses a lot of resources, depending on the program it's affilated with You basically get one per application. If they use some RAM anc CPU, try closing down some apps (web browser, photoshop, games, etc), and you'll see how they disappear.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-26 12:08:02

#8

i g: Banned; +876|6134|GA

6

2008-05-26 12:25:13

#9

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7080|Nårvei

6 before regclean ... 6 after ... and all 6 is currently using 0% of the CPU

Wait behind the line ..............................................................

2008-05-26 12:50:43

#10

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6940|The Netherlands

I win, I have 15 of them

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2008-05-26 12:54:01

#11

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6560|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

5 bitches

2008-05-26 13:02:18

#12

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6808|Long Island, New York

None, apparentely...maybe it's an XP thing?

2008-05-26 13:12:18

#13

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6409|New Jersey

Poseidon wrote:
None, apparentely...maybe it's an XP thing?

No, I have Vista x64 and 10+ are running at any one time.

2008-05-26 13:38:32

#14

pvtmoustacheride: 5 cents; +11|6873|Iowa, USA

same here five running but I just put xp back on a few days ago so that probably helped

2008-05-26 14:13:58

#15

mikkel: Member; +383|6871

svchost.exe is a host platform for NT services. Active applications don't affect the number of svchost.exe instances open, but running services do. Multiple services can be hosted in one instance, which is done for most native Windows services. You see multiple svchost.exe instances running on a fresh install, as each instance hosts services with different user privileges. Over time, you may encounter several instances of svchost.exe operating under the same user privileges, for various reasons.

Pop open a command prompt and put in "tasklist /SVC", and you can see which services are hosted in the svchost.exe instances that are leeching your system memory.

2008-05-26 14:20:07

#16

MECtallica: Member; +73|6774|jalalabad

5

woot

2008-05-26 15:12:59

#17

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6231|Places 'n such

kk, wow at the volume of replies ty for the help! i think its the svchost but might try a reformat and see if that helps

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2008-05-26 15:19:51

#18

presidentsheep: Back to the Fuhrer; +208|6231|Places 'n such

Jenspm wrote:
Found this via google:

http://repair-svchost.org/?gclid=CKjG9s … 1QodjD3ZCg

kk, this found fuck loads of errors in my dll entries and stuff, but it needs a key... any ideas where i can completely legally purchase one?

I'd type my pc specs out all fancy again but teh mods would remove it. Again.

2008-05-26 15:58:28

#19

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6866|Michigan, USA

presidentsheep wrote:
Jenspm wrote:
Found this via google:

http://repair-svchost.org/?gclid=CKjG9s … 1QodjD3ZCg
kk, this found fuck loads of errors in my dll entries and stuff, but it needs a key... any ideas where i can completely legally purchase one?

CCleaner has some limited registry fixing abilities, and its availiable free.

2008-05-26 16:39:31

#20

ReTox: Member; +100|6769|State of RETOXification

svchost is used to HOST windows SerViCes.

Mostly these are things like networking, audio, etc subsystems and are needed by Windows. If you want to know more hit up Black Vipers services pages.

2008-05-26 16:53:05

#21

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6651|the land of bourbon

mikkel wrote:
svchost.exe is a host platform for NT services. Active applications don't affect the number of svchost.exe instances open, but running services do. Multiple services can be hosted in one instance, which is done for most native Windows services. You see multiple svchost.exe instances running on a fresh install, as each instance hosts services with different user privileges. Over time, you may encounter several instances of svchost.exe operating under the same user privileges, for various reasons.

Pop open a command prompt and put in "tasklist /SVC", and you can see which services are hosted in the svchost.exe instances that are leeching your system memory.

^ the correct answer ^

also, if a gui suits your needs better than the command prompt, download process explorer. it will give you a real-time look at all the running processes on your system, including those that are running within the svchost process. you can then see if possibly a spyware/viral process is running as a system service. good luck!

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