svchost.exe


  1. Posts : 87
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
       #1

    svchost.exe


    I am curious concerning what this is. When viewing task manager for "All Users", I see this process using almost 50% of physical memory. It appears twice....one using over 200,000K and a second time at 16,000K. Thanks in advance for the help.
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  2. Posts : 225
    Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
       #2

    What is svchost.exe? - Windows Help

    This link will show you how you can check what processes are running under svchost.exe.

    Svchost.exe is a process on your computer that hosts, or contains, other individual services that Windows uses to perform various functions. For example, Windows Defender uses a service that is hosted by a svchost.exe process.
    There can be multiple instances of svchost.exe running on your computer, with each instance containing different services. One instance of svchost.exe might host a single service for a program, and another instance might host several services related to Windows. You can use Task Manager to view which services are running under each instance of svchost.exe.
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