svchost.exe RAM usage.

UnTouchAble · Feb 26, 2005, 11:25 PM

Hmm, is the svchost.exe supposed to to 37 MB of RAM?

It starts of low then goes high

mkk · Feb 26, 2005, 11:58 PM

It's perfectly normal to have several instances of svchost.exe in a WinXP system because this "services host" acts as a container for many types of system services. Depending on the number of system services running, the number of running svchost.exe and the resulting RAM usage can vary.

One can turn off services that are not needed on a perticular system, and a good guide for that can be found here: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm But it is something that one should not rush into without being prepared to spend quite a bit of time on the subject.

UnTouchAble · Feb 27, 2005, 12:07 AM

Ahh, thx for the quick reply.

I've done some of them BlackViper tweaks not long ago, tis a very good guide at that.

md5 · Feb 27, 2005, 01:29 AM

Posted in the wrong forum
Moving thread to Windows forum

Feb 26, 2005, 11:25 PM	#1
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Feb 26, 2005, 11:58 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	It's perfectly normal to have several instances of svchost.exe in a WinXP system because this "services host" acts as a container for many types of system services. Depending on the number of system services running, the number of running svchost.exe and the resulting RAM usage can vary. One can turn off services that are not needed on a perticular system, and a good guide for that can be found here: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm But it is something that one should not rush into without being prepared to spend quite a bit of time on the subject.

Feb 27, 2005, 12:07 AM	Thread Starter #3
UnTouchAble DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S-O-T Posts: 342 Rep Power: 0	Ahh, thx for the quick reply. I've done some of them BlackViper tweaks not long ago, tis a very good guide at that.