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Galen;
What is this?
I have w2kPro but can't find any reference to it - sounds like
something I'd be interested in
Click this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q250320/
There's more switches than just the -s switch that can be used. In fact
there's quite a bit that you can do with it? Play around with it, it's
probably one of the neatest features that's in Win2k and it's very much a
working/useful utility in XP as well. It will identify what is actually
calling the svchost.exe file that you see in your running processes. I've
used it in the past to diagnose file names for deletion (eventually through
script or .dat file) for various "programs" of dubious character. I haven't
used it in quite a while but it's rather enjoyable and very effective.
Basically, on this particular computer, it's actually sitting in the
C:\Documents and Settings\*******\ (where the asterisk is the user name)
folder as that is where I ended up putting it so that I could run it
immediately from CMD prompt. I imagine that the setup would be identical for
2k...
How's it work? Grab your support.cab file, extract it, place it in said
folder, start > run > type in tlist or tlist.exe and pound on the enter key
until something nifty happens.
*plays with it for a minute*
tlist **
Where the ** try -s.. Try -t...
Now, want to get really interesting results and find a lot of information
out? Go ahead and type: "tlist -svchost.exe" (or any other process I suppose
but the interesting ones are the svchost.exe files and that was the topic I
suppose) and it will give you all the information that you want to know
about the files and the files that are being called. You can, if you really
want, type in tlist ***** and where the ****** is just put in the number of
the process (the number all the way on the left before the name in the
original tlist results.
That should keep you busy for a few minutes
Cheers,
Galen
--
"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes