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NTMBK wrote:svchost.exe is the Service Host executable, meaning that it could be running any one of a number of Windows Services. You need to do more digging to find out which one(s) is/are running.
meerkt wrote:Start "Resource Monitor" (type it in the start menu), and in the CPU tab you have a Services pane.
BTW: In the Task Manager you can expand each svchost to see which services run under it. This works in the Processes tab, but not Details.
In Win8 at least it doesn't show per-service stats, but it's still partially informative.
NTMBK wrote:svchost.exe is the Service Host executable, meaning that it could be running any one of a number of Windows Services. You need to do more digging to find out which one(s) is/are running.
curtisb wrote:NTMBK wrote:svchost.exe is the Service Host executable, meaning that it could be running any one of a number of Windows Services. You need to do more digging to find out which one(s) is/are running.
Just a heads up that this will change with the coming Creator's Update. svchost.exe running multiple things was a leftover from earlier versions of Windows where it made since to combine services in an effort to save resources. They are splitting them back out into individual processes.
It'll also make it easier to restart specific services. Some services can't be restarted without a reboot, and splitting them out will allow services that are currently lumped in with those services to be restarted without a reboot. It could reduce reboots required for some updates, but that hasn't been specifically mentioned as a goal of doing this.
meerkt wrote:Start "Resource Monitor" (type it in the start menu), and in the CPU tab you have a Services pane.
BTW: In the Task Manager you can expand each svchost to see which services run under it. This works in the Processes tab, but not Details.
In Win8 at least it doesn't show per-service stats, but it's still partially informative.
curtisb wrote:Just a heads up that this will change with the coming Creator's Update. svchost.exe running multiple things was a leftover from earlier versions of Windows where it made sense to combine services in an effort to save resources. They are splitting them back out into individual processes.
UberGerbil wrote:meerkt wrote:Start "Resource Monitor" (type it in the start menu), and in the CPU tab you have a Services pane.
BTW: In the Task Manager you can expand each svchost to see which services run under it. This works in the Processes tab, but not Details.
In Win8 at least it doesn't show per-service stats, but it's still partially informative.
I still prefer Process Explorer for this, even if Resource Monitor is a more modern version of the same code.
Kougar wrote:curtisb wrote:Just a heads up that this will change with the coming Creator's Update. svchost.exe running multiple things was a leftover from earlier versions of Windows where it made sense to combine services in an effort to save resources. They are splitting them back out into individual processes.
Was there an ETA on that update? I wish they would just release it already. I'll figure out how to update the Win 10 home machine with it later.
Ecliptic wrote:I found the other post "Dear Microsoft: Bite Me" and also disabling the Windows Update Service (in addition to all the other things) seems to have been the magic bullet.
curtisb wrote:That's why I generally choose to have the Media Creation Tool create an ISO instead of creating the flash drive itself. You can open the ISO with 7-zip (or right click and select Mount) and extract it onto a FAT32 formatted flash drive.