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3 instances of svchost.exe running

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whim_gen Original post #1
Nov 12, 2005 at 10:26 PM
Hi,
I saw in the task manager of my PC (runnign Win2k pro SP3) that there were 3 instances of svchost.exe running.
Now,I know that svchost.exe is a system process etc...
Question is...
Is it normal to have more than one instance of svchost.exe running on the comp?
Thanks in advance
S
Nov 12, 2005 at 10:40 PM
u have three, i have four:
Two for NW Service
One for Local Service
One For System

XP home SP2
Vishal Gupta
Nov 12, 2005 at 10:49 PM
Its very normal!

There may be 3, 4 or more instance of svchost.exe running in background!

So don't worry about it!

PS: U can see which services r running for svchost.exe by right-clicking on My computer icon and select Manage, goto: Services & Applications -> Services and sort them by Status, and then by double-clickng on each service u can know the path of service
T
Dec 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM
I've got 14 instances running! :shock:
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paroh #5
Dec 20, 2008 at 1:17 PM
6 on my side