6 svchost.exe's in Task Manager

[blinker97]

Can anyone tell me why I have 6 svchost.exe processes in my Task Manager? Shouldn't I just have 1? Is something wrong, because I think it may be using up alot of my memory/processor power.

Thanks to anyone that can help,
Brad

[GaryRouth]

Hi blinker97

It's normal to see five or six instances of svchost in Task Manager's Process list. You can think of svchosts like collections of services (rather like a Host at a social event gathers folks together in a group - each svchost.exe 'hosts' various services). Microsoft has a Knowledge Base article about it, which also tells how to use the "Tasklist /SVC" command (without the quotes) in WinXP Pro to show which services are running from each host. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

The Tasklist /SVC command only works in WinXP Pro. To see what is running from each host in WinXP Home Edition, you can use a third-party free tool such as SysInternals' award-winning applet: "Process Explorer" http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html [if you visit the SysInternals website, browse around = they have quite a few handy tools available - many of them free-of-charge].

Best of luck
. . . Gary