what is svchost.exe and how it's important??

[Punyawee W.]

my laptop shows that svchost.exe refers to the memory that may haVE
problem and ask me to choose to terminate or debug the program. When
I choose debug, my laptop will be extremely slow and not reponse to
any command, included CTRL+ALT+DEL. If I choose cancel, It seems
normal to be used. But somtimes the error windows shows again and ask
the same. How can I deal with this problem. Can I delete the file
svchost.exe or disable it not to run when the windows start up ?

please help .
thank you so much

 

[mikeyhsd]

search microsoft knowledge base for lots of helpful information.

its basically a place holder for lots of different system programs/services.



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my laptop shows that svchost.exe refers to the memory that may haVE
problem and ask me to choose to terminate or debug the program. When
I choose debug, my laptop will be extremely slow and not reponse to
any command, included CTRL+ALT+DEL. If I choose cancel, It seems
normal to be used. But somtimes the error windows shows again and ask
the same. How can I deal with this problem. Can I delete the file
svchost.exe or disable it not to run when the windows start up ?

please help .
thank you so much

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please see if the following helps:

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

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Will Denny

MS MVP Shell/User
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