This has been pinging my router from my XP Pro machine and does anyone know
what is it for? I have 4-5 entries for svchost.exe in task manager so is
this a normal one and how can I trace what is triggering it?
Frank
Frank,
Svchost.exe is a general purpose process that Microsoft provides to run various
services (background tasks) that let you use the various features of Windows.
If one of the services is running heavily, you will see svchost.exe using a lot
of resources (CPU and memory).
If you want to know more about this svchost entry, get Process Explorer (free)
from <
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml>. Provides way
more information than Task Manager. You can look at any process and see what
modules it contains, and who wrote or distributed each module. For instances of
svchost.exe, you can see what services each provides (Properties - Services).
For a good reference to the many system services, see
<
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm>. Or post a list of the
services associated with that svchost entry.
A Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314056
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