What is svchost.exe used for?

[chchen_2000_2000]

I have four svchost.exe processes in my task manager, two of them are used
by system.
Can I end them without risk?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi,

Four instances of svchost.exe is quite normal. Don't end them. If you want
to see which services are run by each SVCHost process:

For XP Pro:
Click Start | run | CMD
Type "Tasklist /svc >c:\list.txt"
The list.txt will contain the services list (also the ones launched by
each SVCHost process)

Windows XP Home does not have tasklist.exe. I'm not sure if it works for XP
Home if you copy it over.
Download available from:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/tasklist.exe

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I have four svchost.exe processes in my task manager, two of them are used
by system.
Can I end them without risk?