[Khaotic]

Hey everyone. I'm currently running Windows 7 Professional. My computer has 8 gigs of ddr2 ram. Anyways, svchost.exe recently has been eating my memory. I thought I was infected due to a huge spike, but after help from SweetTech, I'm not infected and it is probably an error somewhere. svchost.exe has roughly 6+ copies running at all times and the top one is having a 160k average. Thanks in advance, all help is appreciated.

Here are my current processes:


Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
System Idle Process 0 Services 0 24 K
System 4 Services 0 38,100 K
smss.exe 376 Services 0 2,280 K
csrss.exe 520 Services 0 12,016 K
csrss.exe 568 Console 1 159,424 K
wininit.exe 576 Services 0 12,968 K
winlogon.exe 612 Console 1 16,180 K
services.exe 672 Services 0 18,736 K
lsass.exe 680 Services 0 20,020 K
lsm.exe 692 Services 0 9,880 K
svchost.exe 788 Services 0 18,168 K
svchost.exe 872 Services 0 17,344 K
svchost.exe 964 Services 0 39,616 K
svchost.exe 112 Services 0 64,268 K
svchost.exe 776 Services 0 26,424 K
svchost.exe 1060 Services 0 50,844 K
spoolsv.exe 1204 Services 0 21,652 K
svchost.exe 1252 Services 0 18,460 K
acs.exe 1312 Services 0 69,016 K
taskhost.exe 1428 Console 1 33,300 K
AppleMobileDeviceService. 1436 Services 0 35,956 K
explorer.exe 1508 Console 1 193,092 K
mDNSResponder.exe 1772 Services 0 35,764 K
ekrn.exe 1828 Services 0 98,424 K
svchost.exe 1864 Services 0 22,636 K
LSSrvc.exe 1900 Services 0 32,180 K
svchost.exe 1948 Services 0 14,252 K
IAANTmon.exe 1300 Services 0 37,444 K
SDWinSec.exe 1752 Services 0 54,492 K
svchost.exe 2640 Services 0 13,940 K
IAAnotif.exe 3052 Console 1 48,952 K
SmartMenu.exe 3060 Console 1 114,328 K
hkcmd.exe 1532 Console 1 26,516 K
igfxpers.exe 2196 Console 1 25,752 K
igfxsrvc.exe 824 Console 1 16,344 K
egui.exe 2704 Console 1 37,848 K
op_mon.exe 1336 Console 1 356,496 K
sidebar.exe 2112 Console 1 77,668 K
ehmsas.exe 2096 Console 1 16,272 K
CLMLSvc.exe 3504 Console 1 82,396 K
wmpnetwk.exe 3520 Services 0 32,204 K
hpwuSchd2.exe 3608 Console 1 40,700 K
hpsysdrv.exe 3648 Console 1 40,728 K
jusched.exe 3676 Console 1 38,844 K
PresentationFontCache.exe 1400 Services 0 43,568 K
HPHC_Service.exe 3228 Services 0 36,492 K
svchost.exe 3992 Services 0 90,976 K
taskhost.exe 3664 Console 1 28,840 K
msnmsgr.exe 3016 Console 1 14,620 K
wlcomm.exe 3576 Console 1 83,088 K
firefox.exe 2696 Console 1 205,000 K
audiodg.exe 3352 Services 0 23,708 K
SearchIndexer.exe 3792 Services 0 28,296 K
svchost.exe 4140 Services 0 166,564 K
WINWORD.EXE 1100 Console 1 50,396 K
splwow64.exe 4200 Console 1 6,032 K
taskmgr.exe 3020 Console 1 11,336 K
cmd.exe 5016 Console 1 4,108 K
conhost.exe 5012 Console 1 8,352 K
tasklist.exe 4956 Console 1 6,560 K
WmiPrvSE.exe 4352 Services 0 7,240 K

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svchost.exe has roughly 6+ copies running at all times

It's normal.

Download Process Explorer: http://technet.micro...s/bb896653.aspx
Unzip ProcessExplorer.zip, and double click on procexp.exe to run the program.
Click on View > Select Colunms.
In addition to already pre-selected options, make sure, the Command Line is selected, and press OK.
Go File>Save As, and save the report as Procexp.txt.
Attach the file to your next reply.

[Broni]

svchost.exe has roughly 6+ copies running at all times

It's normal.

Download Process Explorer: http://technet.micro...s/bb896653.aspx
Unzip ProcessExplorer.zip, and double click on procexp.exe to run the program.
Click on View > Select Colunms.
In addition to already pre-selected options, make sure, the Command Line is selected, and press OK.
Go File>Save As, and save the report as Procexp.txt.
Attach the file to your next reply.

[Khaotic]

Broni- I'm familiar with having quite a few, but not used to seeing an average of 10ish in the task manager. Here's the log for you:

Process PID CPU Private Bytes Working Set Description Company Name
System Idle Process 0 93.75 0 K 24 K
Interrupts n/a 0 K 0 K Hardware Interrupts
DPCs n/a 0 K 0 K Deferred Procedure Calls
System 4 0.77 196 K 38,104 K
smss.exe 376 440 K 2,280 K Windows Session Manager Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe 520 3,480 K 12,016 K Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe 568 28,056 K 159,628 K Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
wininit.exe 576 1,972 K 12,968 K Windows Start-Up Application Microsoft Corporation
services.exe 672 7,000 K 18,780 K Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 788 4,896 K 18,180 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
igfxsrvc.exe 824 2,584 K 16,360 K igfxsrvc Module Intel Corporation
ehmsas.exe 2096 2,356 K 16,272 K Media Center Media Status Aggregator Service Microsoft Corporation
wlcomm.exe 3576 28,624 K 83,120 K Windows Live Communications Platform Microsoft Corporation
dllhost.exe 3188 2,328 K 6,764 K COM Surrogate Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 872 5,244 K 17,748 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 964 21,040 K 39,576 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 112 37,056 K 63,536 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 776 10,036 K 26,408 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1060 38,240 K 50,928 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
spoolsv.exe 1204 7,248 K 21,652 K Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1252 7,264 K 18,444 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
acs.exe 1312 1.54 48,528 K 77,268 K Agnitum Outpost Service Agnitum Ltd.
taskhost.exe 1428 8,768 K 33,296 K Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation
AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 1436 1,684 K 35,956 K Apple Mobile Device Service Apple Inc.
mDNSResponder.exe 1772 2,016 K 35,764 K Bonjour Service Apple Inc.
ekrn.exe 1828 56,568 K 98,960 K ESET Service ESET
svchost.exe 1864 7,076 K 22,636 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
LSSrvc.exe 1900 1,412 K 32,180 K LightScribe Service Hewlett-Packard Company
svchost.exe 1948 2,424 K 14,252 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
IAANTmon.exe 1300 2,888 K 37,444 K RAID Monitor Intel Corporation
SDWinSec.exe 1752 14,180 K 54,672 K Spybot-S&D Security Center integration Safer Networking Ltd.
svchost.exe 2640 2,076 K 13,940 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
wmpnetwk.exe 3520 7,020 K 32,204 K Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Microsoft Corporation
PresentationFontCache.exe 1400 27,920 K 43,568 K PresentationFontCache.exe Microsoft Corporation
HPHC_Service.exe 3228 22,372 K 36,492 K HP Health Check Service Hewlett-Packard
svchost.exe 3992 75,080 K 93,312 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
taskhost.exe 3664 5,248 K 28,840 K Host Process for Windows Tasks Microsoft Corporation
SearchIndexer.exe 3792 48,820 K 30,644 K Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation
SearchProtocolHost.exe 3888 3,732 K 9,416 K Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Microsoft Corporation
SearchFilterHost.exe 416 2,968 K 7,556 K Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 4140 161,108 K 165,560 K Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
lsass.exe 680 5,128 K 20,008 K Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation
lsm.exe 692 2,460 K 9,892 K Local Session Manager Service Microsoft Corporation
winlogon.exe 612 3,228 K 16,180 K Windows Logon Application Microsoft Corporation
explorer.exe 1508 72,040 K 194,056 K Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation
IAAnotif.exe 3052 3,024 K 48,952 K Event Monitor User Notification Tool Intel Corporation
SmartMenu.exe 3060 68,576 K 114,324 K HP MediaSmart SmartMenu Hewlett-Packard
hkcmd.exe 1532 2,668 K 26,516 K hkcmd Module Intel Corporation
igfxpers.exe 2196 2,400 K 25,752 K persistence Module Intel Corporation
egui.exe 2704 6,012 K 37,848 K ESET GUI ESET
op_mon.exe 1336 1.54 23,548 K 356,908 K Outpost User Interface Agnitum Ltd.
sidebar.exe 2112 37,088 K 77,732 K Windows Desktop Gadgets Microsoft Corporation
msnmsgr.exe 3016 45,944 K 18,992 K Windows Live Messenger Microsoft Corporation
firefox.exe 2696 176,120 K 205,408 K Firefox Mozilla Corporation
WINWORD.EXE 1100 20,456 K 53,452 K Microsoft Office Word Microsoft Corporation
splwow64.exe 4200 2,072 K 6,032 K Print driver host for 32bit applications Microsoft Corporation
procexp.exe 4608 2,072 K 9,152 K Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
procexp64.exe 2036 2.31 20,272 K 39,472 K Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
CLMLSvc.exe 3504 34,204 K 82,396 K CyberLink MediaLibray Service CyberLink
hpwuSchd2.exe 3608 1,240 K 40,700 K hpwuSchd Application Hewlett-Packard
hpsysdrv.exe 3648 1,252 K 40,728 K hpsysdrv Hewlett-Packard
jusched.exe 3676 1,428 K 38,844 K Java™ Update Scheduler Sun Microsystems, Inc.

[Broni]

At this very moment, I have 12 of them running.

System Idle Process (CPU NOT used) is listed at 93.75% - perfect!

Are you having any particular issues?

[Khaotic]

no issues particularly. My computer is a little "laggier" than it has been before. svchost has never taken his much memory in general though. (At the moment it's 158k, 69k, 30k, etc..) as you have seen in the log. Is there any way to reduce it or free up some of the many processes I have? I had roughly 70, but now it's down to 56.

[Broni]

I quite don't understand what you worry about some "k" of RAM, if you have 8 giga of it.
At this moment, I have 68 processes running and I'm not worrying.
See, if you don't have too many startups. Those create processes.

[kristain]

To get rid of svchost.exe high CPU usage problem is to open the Task Manager, find the process that is causing the problem, right-click on it, go to Set Priority and set it to Below Normal (or Idle if Below Normal doesn’t help). Keep in mind that setting it to Idle might interfere with your networking services, especially if you’re at work and part of a large network.

[Khaotic]

To get rid of svchost.exe high CPU usage problem is to open the Task Manager, find the process that is causing the problem, right-click on it, go to Set Priority and set it to Below Normal (or Idle if Below Normal doesn’t help). Keep in mind that setting it to Idle might interfere with your networking services, especially if you’re at work and part of a large network.

Thank you for your help, I forgot about that ability. I'm at home with a small network, so I'll give it a shot and see what happens =P

Broni: Honestly, you're right, I do have a lot of ram, but nevertheless I still care what uses it =P Thank you for you help as well though, much appreciated.

[Broni]

You have to remember, that Windows 7 (same with Vista) treats RAM in very different way, than all previous Windows versions.
In simple terms, it'll take all it can and it'll cache it for immediate use. There is practically no "free" RAM left, like in XP, for instance.
Read more here: http://www.codinghor...-my-memory.html
It's about Vista, but very same applies to Win 7