svchost.exe

[xion344]

Disabled svchost.exe processes on windows because it slows my pc down and it works. It only makes your computer vulnerable and it uses your network without knowing.

[andsome]

svchost.exe is a system process belonging to the Microsoft Windows Operating System which handles processes executed from DLLs. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated

From here

[Jayno]

Or here:

watchingthenet

[Coreper]

a friend of mine also had this "problem"

to stop it from taking a lot of power, just shut it down via the Task Manager

make sure you shutdown the one using the most power...

this should revert your windows style to the classic windows style and disable your sound [atleast, that is what it did with the friend of mine]

the sound cant be enabled, unless you reboot

so if you dont need the sound, shut it down

note that this is done on your own risk!

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Terminating svchost is completely idiotic! The svchost processes do nothing but execute other processes' requests. If a svchost process uses up too much CPU, we need to find which other process causes svchost to use too much CPU. There is no other way but terminating all other user processes 1-by-1, until you see the svchost process being freed.

[andsome]

I have noticed that the authour of this thread has not returned. I wonder if he has B******* up his computer. :lol: :lol:

[Coreper]

he probably is one who comes here, asks his question, reads the answer and leaves without a reply...

[CurlyWhirly]

I have noticed that the authour of this thread has not returned. I wonder if he has B******* up his computer. :lol: :lol:

I doubt it as I have tried ending one or 2 svchost.exe processes in Windows Task Manager and I haven't damaged my PC.

What happens is that I get the following information displayed on screen and the PC restarts itself with no further problems.

On my PC, there are usually 4 or 5 svchost.exe processes running and not every process terminated leads to the shutdown process (above) so I conclude that some svchost.exe processes are vital to the operation of Windows and some can be disabled with no consequences apart from losing any unsaved data I think

[Scarecrow Man]

My svchost.exe problem was linked to Windows Update.

This is what I used to get it back:

http://wiki.castlecops.com/How_To_Fix_Windows_Update

I also had a problem with a Windows 2000 machine, where disabling the DNS CLIENT service stopped the 100% cpu usage.

[auto98]

To see exactly which services each instance of svchost is holding:

start

run

type "cmd" (without quotes)

in the command window, type "tasklist /svc"

then you can see which services are part of which svchost (note down the PID number)

then to correlate them with the actual processes running on your pc:

open taskmanager (ctrl+alt+del)

goto view - select columns - make sure PID (Process Identifier) is checked

goto the processes screen, then you can compare the PID's to identify which svchost is which

[CurlyWhirly]

To see exactly which services each instance of svchost is holding:

start

run

type "cmd" (without quotes)

in the command window, type "tasklist /svc"

then you can see which services are part of which svchost (note down the PID number)

I tried it but if I omit the quotes then I get this error "tasklist is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

If I include the quotes then I get this error "The system cannot find the path specified"

[andsome]

To see exactly which services each instance of svchost is holding:

start

run

type "cmd" (without quotes)

in the command window, type "tasklist /svc"

then you can see which services are part of which svchost (note down the PID number)

I tried it but if I omit the quotes then I get this error "tasklist is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"

If I include the quotes then I get this error "The system cannot find the path specified"

Doesn't work for me either.

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Could it be that the tasklist command is only enabled on XP Pro, but not XP Home? I get this result

Image Name				   PID Services									 
========================= ====== =============================================
System Idle Process			0 N/A										  
System						 4 N/A										  
smss.exe					 908 N/A										  
csrss.exe					968 N/A										  
winlogon.exe				 992 N/A										  
services.exe				1036 Eventlog, PlugPlay						   
lsass.exe				   1048 Netlogon, PolicyAgent, ProtectedStorage,	 
								 SamSs										
svchost.exe				 1212 DcomLaunch, TermService					  
svchost.exe				 1276 RpcSs										
svchost.exe				 1432 6to4, AppMgmt, AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc,  
								 Dhcp, dmserver, ERSvc, EventSystem, helpsvc, 
								 Iprip, lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation,	  
								 Netman, Nla, RasMan, Schedule, seclogon,	 
								 SENS, SharedAccess, ShellHWDetection,		
								 srservice, TapiSrv, Themes, TrkWks, w32time, 
								 winmgmt, wuauserv, WZCSVC					
svchost.exe				 1540 Dnscache									 
svchost.exe				 1668 LmHosts, RemoteRegistry, WebClient		   
spoolsv.exe				 1816 Spooler									  
svchost.exe				  708 HTTPFilter								   
svchost.exe				 3272 stisvc

(some items removed)

[Irene]

Could it be that the tasklist command is only enabled on XP Pro, but not XP Home? I get this result

I just got the same response.

I wonder if that is because I was not in the route directory.... I was at C:\Documents and Setting\Sony ITG.

Can't remember how to get back to the route... I thought it was by typing c:\ or c: but they don't work.

It's been quite some years since I was dabbling in DOS (or whatever the equivalent is in Windows)!! :D

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

You don't need to be in the root directory to execute these commands; your %PATH% environment variable should contain the actual path to the commands. tasklist.exe should reside in C:\WINDOWS\system32 - do you have that?

[Irene]

You don't need to be in the root directory to execute these commands; your %PATH% environment variable should contain the actual path to the commands. tasklist.exe should reside in C:\WINDOWS\system32 - do you have that?

Yes, but no tasklist.exe in there, that I can see.

[andsome]

I just looked out of curiousity. I would not dabble in any case. :D

[CurlyWhirly]

Could it be that the tasklist command is only enabled on XP Pro, but not XP Home?

Yes your right Pat, oh well not to worry :)

[silverdrgn]

Does anyone know if there are ways to stop every un-needed process? I know thats pretty general but I always see about 36 to 45 process running and I wonder if ALL those are necessary to run the pc. I also know it will probably be very vast in difference from machine to machine but is there some thing that can be done?

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Does anyone know if there are ways to stop every un-needed process? I know thats pretty general but I always see about 36 to 45 process running and I wonder if ALL those are necessary to run the pc. I also know it will probably be very vast in difference from machine to machine but is there some thing that can be done?

Startup Inspector will help you determining what startup items you can safely remove. If you are not sure about some of these, ask here.

I have removed about 50% of all startup items. There are lots of stuff that applications put in, from Java, to Adobe Reader, Quitcktime Player, RealPlayer, etc.

[silverdrgn]

Thanks Pat. From all the posts I've read you seem to have some good programs for it. Thanks for that.