Guest Larry Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Hi Recently I discovered that their is many processes with the same name running in task manager proccesses. I am not pc smart, so I don't know if these should be there or not. I am running Xp Pro sp 3. The file that is listed 5 times is svchost.exe .. I could use some help with this. Larry
Guest Malke Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Task Manager Larry wrote: > Hi Recently I discovered that their is many processes with the same name > running in task manager proccesses. I am not pc smart, so I don't know if > these should be there or not. > I am running Xp Pro sp 3. The file that is listed 5 times is > svchost.exe > . I could use some help with this. Larry It is normal for multiple instances of svchost.exe to be running. See: Svchost.exe in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056/EN-US/ and http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest Larry Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Task Manager Hi Malke Thanks for getting back with me. I read your link and have a slightly better understanding. Thanks again Larry "Malke" wrote: > Larry wrote: > > > Hi Recently I discovered that their is many processes with the same name > > running in task manager proccesses. I am not pc smart, so I don't know if > > these should be there or not. > > I am running Xp Pro sp 3. The file that is listed 5 times is > > svchost.exe > > . I could use some help with this. Larry > > It is normal for multiple instances of svchost.exe to be running. See: > > Svchost.exe in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056/EN-US/ > and http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ > >
Guest Malke Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: Task Manager Larry wrote: > Hi Malke Thanks for getting back with me. I read your link and have a > slightly better understanding. Thanks again Larry You're welcome. Please do post back if you need more help. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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