2 questions: svchost? XP installation?

[Jim Wood]

Two quick questions: 1) what is "svchost.exe," why are
several appearances always running, and why does it
require Internet access? 2) can the $99 Windows
XP 'upgrade' disk be installed on a Win 98 machine that
has a reformatted hard drive, or must Win 98 be available
for the installation? Thanks!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314056&Product=winxp

As long as you have an old Microsoft 95/98/ME CD,
you can perform a clean install with an upgrade version
of Windows XP.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Two quick questions: 1) what is "svchost.exe," why are
| several appearances always running, and why does it
| require Internet access? 2) can the $99 Windows
| XP 'upgrade' disk be installed on a Win 98 machine that
| has a reformatted hard drive, or must Win 98 be available
| for the installation? Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Thanks much; must be Microsoft 98 disk for install, or
will OEM "restore" disc work?

 

[Richard Urban]

You need a Windows 98 CD. If the supplied OEM CD is as such, you can use
that.

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In (e-mail address removed)

Thanks much; must be Microsoft 98 disk for install, or
will OEM "restore" disc work?

The requirement to use an upgrade version is to *own* a previous
qualifying version's installation CD (with an OEM restore CD, see
below), not to have it installed. When setup doesn't find a
previous qualifying version installed, it will prompt you to
insert its CD as proof of ownership. Just insert the previous
version's CD, and follow the prompts. Everything proceeds quite
normally and quite legitimately.

You can also do a clean install if you have an OEM restore CD of
a previous qualifying version. It's more complicated, but it
*can* be done. First restore from the Restore CD. Then run the XP
upgrade CD from within that restored system, and change from
Upgrade to New Install. When it asks where, press Esc to delete
the partition and start over.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's perfectly normal to have several instances of Svchost.exe
running simultaneously.

A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314056

It's possible to perform a clean installation using the Upgrade
CD, provided you have the true installation CD for the earlier OS.

Simply boot from the WinXP Upgrade CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. The Upgrade CD checks to see if a qualifying OS
is installed, and, if it finds none, it asks you to insert the
installation media (CD) of that OS. Unfortunately, an OEM
"Recovery/Restore" CD will not work for this purpose; you must have a
true installation CD, complete with the "\Win98" folder and *.cab
files, or the "\i386" folder of WinNT/2K.


Bruce Chambers
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[Plato]

Two quick questions: 1) what is "svchost.exe," why are
several appearances always running, and why does it

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/160.htm#2

 

[Alex Nichol]

Two quick questions: 1) what is "svchost.exe," why are
several appearances always running, and why does it
require Internet access?

It is the program that interfaces a whole slew of service files to the
system. They are loaded in groups at different points, hence the
multiple instances.

2) can the $99 Windows
XP 'upgrade' disk be installed on a Win 98 machine that
has a reformatted hard drive, or must Win 98 be available
for the installation?

Yes, provided you have a 'proper' Win98 CD, with a Win98 folder of cab
files, and not some OEM CD that restores an image. With the proper CD
you put it in the drive when XP Setup asks where Windows is, and point
to it. On a Blue screen asking for a CD, put the XP one back. If you
have a restore CD you have to restore with that first, then run the
install from it.