4 instances of svchost.exe

[Richard]

Is it normal for 4 svchost.exe's to be running, totally
about 20MB of disk usage? I just restarted to see if any
cleared up, but no luck. I know it's a windows process,
but don't know if 4 are necessary. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Richard

 

[Nicholas]

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

Note: Four or five instances of Svchost.exe is perfectly normal.


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Nicholas

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| Is it normal for 4 svchost.exe's to be running, totally
| about 20MB of disk usage? I just restarted to see if any
| cleared up, but no luck. I know it's a windows process,
| but don't know if 4 are necessary. Any suggestions?
|
| Thanks
|
| Richard

 

[Unknown]

Yes it's normal.