SVCHOST.EXE LOCAL SERVICE

[Jim Rogers]

My computer has a 2GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, and 120GB Hard Drive.

My main use for the computer is developing software using
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.

During the day, the response time gradually gets slower
and slower. When I look at the Windows Task Manager's
data, I find that the program "SVCHOST.EXE LOCAL SERVICE"
is using 70-80% of the CPU capacity.

I can Right-Click this program and choose "End Process",
but it immediately starts up again, and over time, its
CPU usage again becomes excessive.

I have searched the XP online and MSDN help without
finding any information about the above program.

Any help or pointers to other help resources will be
greatly appreciated.

 

[Jack J. Iaria]

-----Original Message-----
My computer has a 2GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, and 120GB Hard Drive.

My main use for the computer is developing software using
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.

During the day, the response time gradually gets slower
and slower. When I look at the Windows Task Manager's
data, I find that the program "SVCHOST.EXE LOCAL SERVICE"
is using 70-80% of the CPU capacity.

I can Right-Click this program and choose "End Process",
but it immediately starts up again, and over time, its
CPU usage again becomes excessive.

I have searched the XP online and MSDN help without
finding any information about the above program.

Any help or pointers to other help resources will be
greatly appreciated.
.
Dear Jim Rogers RE: SVCHOST.EXE LOCAL SERVICE,

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and the LOCAL ISP SERVICE SLOWS due to increased traffic
.........Similar to WEEKEND SLOWING !
SOLUTION: Do your Computer Works While Everyone
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Jack

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Jim

It is normal to have a number of Svchost.exe process entries appearing in Task Manager. For the process generating the high usage how is the User described? Next whilst Task Manager is showing high usage change from the Process Tab to the Application Tab. Then select each running Application in turn, right click and select "Go to Process" and see if you can identify the application causing the high usage and report back.

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[Jim Rogers]

Gerry:

Thanks for your suggestions. I am afraid that they are
not much help. The "process generating the high usage"
is "SVCHOST.EXE LOCAL SERVICE", not any of my own running
processes. I am aware that it is normal to have a number
of SVCHOST.EXE processes running, but my question really
is: what sub-processes are running under the group
name "LOCAL SERVICE", and what if anything can I do to
reduce their impact?

-----Original Message-----
Jim

It is normal to have a number of Svchost.exe process

entries appearing in Task Manager. For the process
generating the high usage how is the User described? Next
whilst Task Manager is showing high usage change from the
Process Tab to the Application Tab. Then select each
running Application in turn, right click and select "Go
to Process" and see if you can identify the application
causing the high usage and report back.

 

[Jim Rogers]

Gerry:

Since my earlier response to you, I have discovered the
processes that are running under "LOCAL SERVICE". I
don't know why I missed this data before, because I found
it in the XP Help and Support Center at: System
Administration >> Security and Administration Tools >>
Using Services.

Within "Using Services", I found that 41 individual
services are automatically started. Most of these
services seem to be related to Client/Server
communications. Since I am an isolated Client, not
connecting to any Server, I can probably disable many of
these 41 processes, until such time that I need to work
with a Server.

Keeping my fingers crossed that I can decide which
services can be usefully disabled.

-----Original Message-----
Jim

It is normal to have a number of Svchost.exe process

entries appearing in Task Manager. For the process
generating the high usage how is the User described? Next
whilst Task Manager is showing high usage change from the
Process Tab to the Application Tab. Then select each
running Application in turn, right click and select "Go
to Process" and see if you can identify the application
causing the high usage and report back.

 

[Steven Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Jim,

That's normal that the SVCHOST.exe appears automatically.

For more information about the file, refer to the article:

314056 A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314056

Many other services is called by the application. We can use the clean boot
method to see which one caused the issue.

1. Run msconfig
2. Go to the Services tab
3. Check the "Hide all Microsoft Servuces"
4. Uncheck all items left
5. Check one of them
6. Click OK and restart the computer
7. If the computer works well, then, add one more in the Services tab
8. Untile the problem appears again. The last one we added is the culprit

Thanks for using Microsoft News Group!

Sincerely,

Steven Liu

Online Support Professional

(e-mail address removed)

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| My computer has a 2GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, and 120GB Hard Drive.
|
| My main use for the computer is developing software using
| Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.
|
| During the day, the response time gradually gets slower
| and slower. When I look at the Windows Task Manager's
| data, I find that the program "SVCHOST.EXE LOCAL SERVICE"
| is using 70-80% of the CPU capacity.
|
| I can Right-Click this program and choose "End Process",
| but it immediately starts up again, and over time, its
| CPU usage again becomes excessive.
|
| I have searched the XP online and MSDN help without
| finding any information about the above program.
|
| Any help or pointers to other help resources will be
| greatly appreciated.
|