Generic Host Process for Win32 Services.

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Jay

Hi

Can someone please tell me what this is, and should I allow it to access the
internet and act as a server?

It's in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SVCHOST.EXE

Thanks


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

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| Hi
|
| Can someone please tell me what this is, and should I allow it to access the
| internet and act as a server?
|
| It's in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SVCHOST.EXE
|
| Thanks
|
| Jay
 
Greetings --

No, there's no need for it to act as a server.

Bruce Chambers
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