svchost.exe

[EvanAdams]

I'm trying to use some software for taking tests. It rebots my computer and locks out my harddrive. It is called examsoft. When I do this the system hangs. When I ctrl-alt-del into the task manager I have four svchost.exe's running. If I guess right and close down the right one, the system boots into the program fine. If I choose wrong the whole system goes haywire and I have to do a hard reboot and start over.

How do I limit the number of svchost.exe's running?

 

[Malak]

You can't, and you shouldn't turn any off. They are a part of windows.

 

[beer]

They're part of the same process tree. Don't touch them.

 

[yhelothar]

It's your services.
goto run, type in services.msc
Disable anything that's 3rd party and looks sketchy.

 

[oog]

go to www.sysinternals.com and get process explorer. it'll help you identify what is what.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: oog
go to www.sysinternals.com and get process explorer. it'll help you identify what is what.

thanks for the link. nice app. :thumbsup:

 

[EvanAdams]

ok it shows svshosts running but no more info than that. I see how programs running will pop up under svchost but I dont see how to diagnose.

 

[Nohr]

See here: Black Viper

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
It's your services.
goto run, type in services.msc
Disable anything that's 3rd party and looks sketchy.

Yeah that's smart. :roll: What exactly defines "sketchy"?

Or, if everything is running fine, just leave well enough alone.

 

[JackMDS]

Nothing is probably wrong with your computer, I have at times 7 scvhost runing.

Examsoft is tricky software, call/email them for advise.

:sun:

 

[Hyperlite]

6 of them running atm, but i agree in that they can get annoying some times. They randomly start sucking all my internet bandwidth, so i normally have them blocked....i do windows updates manually...

 

[kylef]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
6 of them running atm, but i agree in that they can get annoying some times. They randomly start sucking all my internet bandwidth, so i normally have them blocked....i do windows updates manually...

What, are you suggesting that the Background Intelligent Transfer Service isn't very intelligent? :Q

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
6 of them running atm, but i agree in that they can get annoying some times. They randomly start sucking all my internet bandwidth, so i normally have them blocked....i do windows updates manually...

Maybe you should check your services then.

 

[EvanAdams]

problem fixed with windows reinstall.