Hello.
I've switched from WinXP to Win7 Ultimate a month ago and faced a strange fact: some days ago I've found that process "svchost.exe -k NetworkService" eats more than 350Mb of RAM (it is called Virtual Size in Process Explorer).
Is it okay?
If yes, I'm wondering, how Win7 can be installed on 1Gb systems (I know some cases when it was installed and worked good).
ok I am new to 7 and haven't played with Ultimate (i have home premium version). I know that Ultimate has more features for connectivity and such. looking around, I had found one discussion on bleeping computer about this in XP so you might want to check this out and see if it helps.
The first thing addressed is about possibly having a virus, but I can't say this is the case. Do a scan anyway if you have not.
The second point is that svchost.exe as a process has services running in it. if you can post a list of all of the services that svchost.exe is running. you can find this by right clicking on process and going to properties. look in In the services tab and post back with a list or screenshot of all of the services running under svchost....Hope this helps
My Computer
At a glance
Win7 Home Premium 64xIntel Core 2 Duo P7450 / 2.13 GHz (2.29 with ...4 GB PC-6400 Hyundai (2X2) at 800MhzNVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 1GB DDR3 VRAM
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS G60-RBBX05
OS
Win7 Home Premium 64x
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 / 2.13 GHz (2.29 with Extreme Turbo)
Memory
4 GB PC-6400 Hyundai (2X2) at 800Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 1GB DDR3 VRAM
Monitor(s) Displays
16" LED Backlit
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 on laptop 1600x1050 max res on 22" external mon
350MB is kind of unusual. My svchost.exes are in the 20MBs range except one (which runs half of the system) that is 60MB. If you post a snip of the pop-up that you see when you hover over it in PE, then I could find the equivalent in my system and tell you how much that is.
My Computer
At a glance
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
whs,
I want to mark out the fact that I'm talking about Virtual Size parameter in PE (sorry for mistake in my first message). It's working set is 13Mb.
I have no viruses, I'm using updated resident anti-virus for many years since WinXP.
