Simple as that - does anyone know what the 'svchost' process is, and what it does? Also why do so many run?
Thanks, Jazzle
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Windows XPDate Answered: 02/05/2003 Grade: A Views: 4
e-machines computer was working OK before owner went on 4 month vacation. Now, it is unbelievably slow. Windows XP home edition is at service pack 1.
I suspected virus, so removed hard drive ...
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Windows XPDate Answered: 06/04/2003 Grade: A Views: 13
I have been getting a error on my Win2k machine that reads:
"svchost.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created"
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I have installed Windows XP with service pack 1 on a computer, and before connecting it to the itnernet i made all the updates possible to the anti virus and installed all the hotfixes not included...
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Windows XPDate Answered: 05/05/2004 Grade: A Views: 26
Whenever I connect to the internet my computer experiences a huge slowdown. When I open Task Manager and look at the running process, I see an instance of svchost take up 96% of the CPU power. Endi...
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Windows XPDate Answered: 06/12/2004 Grade: A Views: 0
I recently noticed some inbound conections to port 5000, owned by svchost. How do I find what is actually opening this port and why?
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Windows XPDate Answered: 08/27/2004 Grade: A Views: 22
Which should be the date, the size and the hash code of legitimate SVCHOST file (XP _Home_, SP2, german if this matters) ? Alternatively: Where can I download a fresh one ? Did not find a single so...
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Windows XPDate Answered: 07/10/2005 Grade: A Views: 0
Yesterday by chance I discovered an entry in my router's persistent port forwarding screen. The description is "svchost (192.168.2.2:1032) 41670 UDP", public port is 41670 and forwarding to privat...
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SecurityDate Answered: 11/07/2005 Grade: A Views: 12
I have XP Home SP2 on a Compaq 5230 US desktop. Recently the system bogs down to a snail's pace.
Through experiment, if in the Windows Task Manager I end the Svchost process that is consuming th...
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XP Pro sr2, AV, FW, CC, & Spyblockers
svchost.exe seems to run at random times for several minutes consuming most of my computing power.
Svchost is a problem because it interrupts critical busin...
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