Why so many svchost processes??

[JOSHSKORN]

I would really like to know why my process list has 13 instances of svchost running. Doesn't make a lot of sense. Can someone explain why this happens? What svchost is? Thanks.

 

[mickey megabyte]

windows has a lot of background processes constantly running; they are called services and they perform various tasks, such as looking after your network, running windows update, diagnostics, drivers for your hardware, power policies and a load of other stuff.

windows uses the svchost program to host (run) these services, so many different services are running, using the same program.

this is a very simplified explanation, but i hope you get the idea.

this is perfectly normal behaviour, and nothing to worry about.

 

[madtownidiot]

each instance of svchost is a generic process that controls a different group of services, drivers, dlls, etc.. It's normal to have several instances running simultaneously but 13 of them would indicate quite a bit of bloat running on your computer (or a standard install of 7 ultimate, which for most users is overkill). You can get a general idea what each instance is related to by right clicking on it and selecting go to service(s) and a detailed report by running the resource monitor

 

[JOSHSKORN]

One thing I'm noticing is it takes FOREVER for my network connection to load. Maybe 20 seconds. I haven't timed it exactly. But basically, I see that blue lock for that duration, and when it goes away, I'm able to use my network. Is there any way to fix this? How would I know which svchost I'm looking for in this or is it a different process?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Does it really take 20 whole seconds?

 

[DirtyElf]

on a cold boot my network takes a good 8-10 seconds to connect, not 20 tho

 

[JOSHSKORN]

I haven't counted, but really, it seems like an eternity and it shouldn't. What I've found is that apparently the actual connection does occur, but the Blue Lock I was speaking of doesn't go away for a long amount of time. Yesterday, I was online despite having a Red X. I don't get it.

 

[Pierre50]

If you want to get more details on your svchosts.exe processes, and what they are doing, head to Microsoft's site and check out the Sysinternals Suite.

Process Explorer is a tool that will reveal all the processes running on your system.

There are some great tutorials on the site for using the full power of this suite of tools - Download the full package, or just the tools you need...

Should help you understand what's going on in your system better.

HTH