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- MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+33Its pretty good, but it needs a search feature instead of having to use ctrl-f.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26GO OUTSIDE!
- estvir, on 10/10/2007, -4/+29Look at it yourself and decide?
- mrogi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Process Explorer makes very easy to identify and eliminate useless and harmful processes.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx - doubleblack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Sure it tells you handy information about processes like svchost.exe but it doesn't tell me why on my Vista I have all of my svchost.exe's taking 200MB of RAM...
- Ajajadude, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19I hate those programs that require you let their processes start up when you boot up your computer as well as those programs that automatically assume you want all their processes running 24/7. Friggin ridiculous.
- sishgupta, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Will anything else?
svchost is sort of a generic server for windows services
best way to learn about that is to crack open the windows services manager, sort by running, then look at the file that each service calls.
Disable if it sounds useless, but be careful because you might need some of those services to get the most out of your WOW experience. - MajorD, on 10/10/2007, -6/+15Hands down the winner in terms of information and longevity on the net...
http://www.liutilities.com/ - SuperMoses, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Buried as lame. There are other sites out there with better features. Searching is one of them. How did this make it on digg
- MioTheGreat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8On Vista, open the Task Manager, right click on the svchost.exe in question, and choose "Go To Services" It will list the Services contained in that process.
- niteskunk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Why is this guy being dugg down? That tutorial is great, Process Explorer and Autoruns are superb fine-tooth combs for checking your running/startup processes. Sysinternals tools are must-haves.
- doubleblack, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Thumbs down for not supporting x64...
- haski, on 10/10/2007, -7/+14I also recommend...
How to Clean Up a Windows Spyware Infestation
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000888.html - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Okay, but can we have a list that is actually legible? kthxbai =)
- rohanch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You can use Sysinternals Process Explorer, but I don't think there's a way built in...
- Rossjj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Definitely needs a search feature, although you could just use the site: google tool
- noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4yea, go to command prompt and enter: tasklist /svc ...i'm not sure if it works with home edition... you might need pro.
- aacidusX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3this is ok, but doesn't let you know if it is ok to disable, set to manual, or leave the service on auto like many others ie. www.liutilites.com, www.processlibrary.com and many others.
- ZPWeeks, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5VOTE RON PAUL AND ELIMINATE WINDOWS PROCESSES!
/sarcasm - doubleblack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Amazing, nice find! Only problem though, is there are like six services in that process:
WLAN AutoConfig
DWM
Superfetch
Program Compatibility Assistant Service
Network Connections
Windows Audio Endpoint Builder
Any way to say specifically which one? - Economist35, on 10/10/2007, -6/+9wow, an article about computers that doesn't involve macs
- Manuelmty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3the last line lost me.
- HonoredMule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Nope. By the way, svchost means Service Host. It's a service to run services that weren't coded as services, basically. Since it's the only actual service, there's no way to disable only some of what it does.
- Sunnz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It is Microsoft verified, what do you expect?
- HonoredMule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Except for the first W, they had it right, too. However, svchost.exe runs several processes on all NT-based windows operating systems, and many of the functions it's running are important core services. Disabling it is basically breaking Windows entirely, not just disabling some flashy eye candy.
- colorme, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Somehow "tens" just doesn't seem that dramatic with nothing following it.
- sishgupta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You must have missed all the windows vista ad's.
I said disable it if it sounds useless, but be careful because it might disable some windows vista "features".
The windows vista ad's said "the WOW starts now" and "Experience the WOW" etc... - twigboy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2and also a sure way to kill BioShock =(
- iofthestorm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oh wow that's really nice, any way to do this on XP?
- sishgupta, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5AKA the library of insecurity...
- stupergenius, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That scenario is all too real.
- ortucis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1BTW, I recommend using nLite to slipstream your XP installation. When I removed the useless services when re-installing XP I noticed that windows loads up WAY too fast even compared to disabling them (I used BlackViper's guide) nevermind how many autorun apps you have at the startup. I have all AutoPatcher hotfixes merged as well.
But beware, I am noticing few (minor) issues with some apps apparently trying to use those lame services. Those apps still work but I see a error or two from them (some explorer hanging issues as well). I will end up making another installation of XP with only disabled services I think (instead of removing them). - noumuon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i found it's best to only do these kinds of things with specialized rigs. if you have a gaming rig or a 3d modeling / graphics rig along with a general use pc, it's best to leave the general use pc alone and use specialized installations for the other rigs.
- xkhaozx, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Lame.
They don't even have a search function, and not all the processes even have information on them. See cli.exe - antdude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1More:
http://www.whatisthatfile.com/
http://www.processlibrary.com/
http://www.what-process.com/
http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/ - inactive, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1That's great find
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http://jeniya.info - dtzitz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1use this with msconfig (start menu, run, msconfig, startup tab) and you will have more control over what starts up when you start the computer.
- MioTheGreat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No. Svchost is designed to hold services that are designed to be run like that. Everything in svchost had to be designed to be a service. You see, Windows is more efficient at threading than processes. (This is the exact opposite of the approach Linux takes.
If each service had its own running exe on your system, you'd have a lot more resource consumption.
The "proper" way to stop any of those things in that service is not to kill the process, but to stop the service. - HonoredMule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So is that why a typical windows machine has between 5 and 8 svchost.exe processes running? I'm not saying you're wrong, but if you aren't, then the implementation is rather poor.
- VyRuZ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i see what you did there...
- Phlosten, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1'grat' - people! please check your spelling.
- subxero37, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1From the site: "All info listed on this web site is for information purposes only, WITHOUT ANY VARANTY."
Mmm, varanty. - shawnz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1looks like one of those lame sites that provides absolutely no information except for a list of filenames and contextual ads...
- hyperwired, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0tasklist /m
tasklist /svc
first one tells you which dlls are linked to each process
second one tells you which services are linked to each process - FKnight, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Of course Process Explorer and Autoruns are superb tools, as is everything from Sysinternals. If this was a year or two ago, though, the comment would not have been dugg down. But since then, Microsoft purchased Sysinternals, so now all of a sudden, the tools aren't worth ***** and therefore the comment must be dugg down.
Stick with the Anti-Microsoft party line if you want to comment on Digg. - jaspr180, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Congrats for all the time you spent making your hardware work on it. You have more patients than I!
- nirvaorg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0without search its quite useless.
+ some social (but moderated) features would be nice, so anyone who solved the problem, or found something could add info.
i just tried to lookup for 2 processes and there is no information about them:
http://process-dll.com/pd/process.php?process_name=lwemon.exe .. -
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