Vista - Managing Processes

09-03-2008

I have recently been experiencing performance issues. When I check the
processes in Task Manager, I see that there are system and svchost.exe
processes consuming more than 75% of my resources, even though I have no
applications running, and have shut down almost everything in my task bar.

How can I go about troubleshooting this challenge?

09-03-2008

"Cindy Mikeworth" <cindy@xxxxxx-in.com> wrote in message
news:EC2DF03D-72CA-4DC9-8D50-4739ABB953FE@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I have recently been experiencing performance issues. When I check the
>processes in Task Manager, I see that there are system and svchost.exe
>processes consuming more than 75% of my resources, even though I have no
>applications running, and have shut down almost everything in my task bar.
>
> How can I go about troubleshooting this challenge?

Svchost.exe only host other processes. It does nothing on its own. So, look
at what other processes any Svchost.exe is hosting.

The tools in the link such a Process Explorer will help you look. Also use
Currports (free) instead of Active Ports, because Active Ports doesn't run
on Vista.

<http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hidden_Backdoors_Trojan_Horses_and_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html>

You can right-click a line in PE and go to Properties to get more
information.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...s/default.aspx

09-03-2008	#1 (permalink)
Cindy Mikeworth n/a posts	Managing Processes I have recently been experiencing performance issues. When I check the processes in Task Manager, I see that there are system and svchost.exe processes consuming more than 75% of my resources, even though I have no applications running, and have shut down almost everything in my task bar. How can I go about troubleshooting this challenge?
My System Specs

09-03-2008	#2 (permalink)
Mr. Arnold n/a posts	Re: Managing Processes "Cindy Mikeworth" <cindy@xxxxxx-in.com> wrote in message news:EC2DF03D-72CA-4DC9-8D50-4739ABB953FE@xxxxxx Quote: >I have recently been experiencing performance issues. When I check the >processes in Task Manager, I see that there are system and svchost.exe >processes consuming more than 75% of my resources, even though I have no >applications running, and have shut down almost everything in my task bar. > > How can I go about troubleshooting this challenge? Svchost.exe only host other processes. It does nothing on its own. So, look at what other processes any Svchost.exe is hosting. The tools in the link such a Process Explorer will help you look. Also use Currports (free) instead of Active Ports, because Active Ports doesn't run on Vista. <http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Hidden_Backdoors_Trojan_Horses_and_Rootkit_Tools_in_a_Windows_Environment.html> You can right-click a line in PE and go to Properties to get more information. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...s/default.aspx
My System Specs

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