Svchost.exe

[Guest]

Hello Everyone,

First of all I should mention that I am running brand new Acer computers
running Windows XP Pro in a Domain envoirment and Windows Server 2003.

Ok my problem...I consistently get this message from all desktops on my
network, Windows is stating that I am low on virtual memory and that wndows
is trying to increase the memory. As a result all computers are responding
terribly slow to
commands....

When I check the task manager I notice that the svchost process is consuming
a large amount of VM and Physical memory.

Thanks,
Manny

 

[Nepatsfan]

Hello Everyone,

First of all I should mention that I am running brand new
Acer computers running Windows XP Pro in a Domain envoirment
and Windows Server 2003.

Ok my problem...I consistently get this message from all
desktops on my network, Windows is stating that I am low on
virtual memory and that wndows is trying to increase the
memory. As a result all computers are responding terribly
slow to
commands....

When I check the task manager I notice that the svchost
process is consuming a large amount of VM and Physical
memory.

Thanks,
Manny

In order to pinpoint exactly which process is causing problems,
you're going to have to identify which processes are being
loaded by that particular instance of svchost. Match up the PID
number listed in Task Manager to the corresponding svchost.exe
in the list generated by tasklist /svc.

Take a look at these articles for more info.

Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm

A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP Pro
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

Here's another tool which you may find helpful.

Process Explorer for Windows v10.21
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

Thank You Nepatsfan

In order to pinpoint exactly which process is causing problems,
you're going to have to identify which processes are being
loaded by that particular instance of svchost. Match up the PID
number listed in Task Manager to the corresponding svchost.exe
in the list generated by tasklist /svc.

Take a look at these articles for more info.

Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm

A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP Pro
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056

Here's another tool which you may find helpful.

Process Explorer for Windows v10.21
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Nepatsfan]

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

Thank You Nepatsfan

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Nepatsfan

Don't you think using Process Explorer is easier to set up
and use for someone new to the problem. Certainly was
for me as my knowledge of commands to use with the
Command prompt is limited and this will be so for many
others.


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Regards.

Gerry
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Stourport, England

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[Nepatsfan]

For the problem the OP is trying to solve I think they're about
equal in their ease of use. I passed along the information
about tasklist first simply because it's available on all the
Windows computers in a Domain. Process Explorer came in second
only because it's a program which has to be downloaded.

Nepatsfan

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Nepatsfan

My recollection is that it is a Tool, which comes with Windows XP
Professional but not Home Edition.

Tasklist.exe available here:
http://www.computerhope.com/download/winxp.htm
Or...
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/

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Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Guest]

I have found that the Automatic Updates service is a major factor to the
svchost.exe issue. Tests that I have run successfully indicate that if the
Automatic Updates service is turned off, the svchost.exe issue does not
occur. I have chosed to set this service to Manual. I turn it on only when
I want to update my system with current patches. This change has
significantly affected the performance of the systems I run.