Are 15 svchost.exe's too many?

[weewillie]

vista sp1 on hp laptop

Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
I added the command line so can see where they're being called

but it does seem to be a lot
have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit

any ideas?

tia

David

 

[Patrick Keenan]

vista sp1 on hp laptop

Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
I added the command line so can see where they're being called

but it does seem to be a lot
have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit

any ideas?

tia

David

Try installing and running Process Explorer to identify what's being run by
svchost. It gives MUCH more detail than Task Manager.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

HTH
-pk

 

[weewillie]

That depends completely on what you are running. And 15 is not unusual.
If you run Process Explorer as suggested, right click on the process(es)
in question and go to Properties. That will give you additional
information. But hovering over the various svchost.exes will give you
already a first clue.

PS: Why is your Vista slow? What is your CPU and your RAM? I have never
seen it as being slow.

I'll the utility and post back
Its a dual core 2ghz proc with 2gb mem

 

[weewillie]

Try installing and running Process Explorer to identify what's being run by
svchost. It gives MUCH more detail than Task Manager.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

HTH
-pk

Patrick

I've run it, but I'm too inexperienced to understand what it's telling
me

 

[weewillie]

That depends completely on what you are running. And 15 is not unusual.
If you run Process Explorer as suggested, right click on the process(es)
in question and go to Properties. That will give you additional
information. But hovering over the various svchost.exes will give you
already a first clue.

PS: Why is your Vista slow? What is your CPU and your RAM? I have never
seen it as being slow.

2ghz processor and 2gb memory

 

[Eric]

I'll the utility and post back
Its a dual core 2ghz proc with 2gb mem

Only 2GB? My Vista runs fine but I have a core duo with 4GB. Mine shows
about 1.5GB being used just on starting up. Are you running the aero theme?
You may want to disable all possible bells and whistles or upgrade your RAM.

 

[weewillie]

Only 2GB? My Vista runs fine but I have a core duo with 4GB. Mine shows
about 1.5GB being used just on starting up. Are you running the aero theme?
You may want to disable all possible bells and whistles or upgrade your RAM.

Thanks
I've had aero disabled for some time

 

[Ashton Crusher]

Only 2GB? My Vista runs fine but I have a core duo with 4GB. Mine shows
about 1.5GB being used just on starting up. Are you running the aero theme?
You may want to disable all possible bells and whistles or upgrade your RAM.

I run 2 gig with all the bells and whistles turned on and have no
problem. Dual core 2.33 HP machine. I did turn off the automatic
search stuff.

 

[weewillie]

I run 2 gig with all the bells and whistles turned on and have no
problem. Dual core 2.33 HP machine. I did turn off the automatic
search stuff.

Can you remind me how to do that please

 

[Ashton Crusher]

Can you remind me how to do that please

I don't really recall. It was a year ago.