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Re: Too Many Processes!

Subject: Re: Too Many Processes!
From: Malke
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:15:38 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
FensterBos wrote:

> I have followed most of your steps and have reduced my "processes" to
> 60 from
> 80...so far we have made some progress.  However, I am still concerned
> about some of the other processes in my task manager; for instance, I
> have three
> svxhost.exe's running.  Are there other steps I should follow? R.
> McCarty suggested using "Startups & Watchdog apps." and another user
> suggested "Process Explorer".

If "svxhost.exe" is just a typo on your part and the real executable is
"svchost.exe" then that is normal. If you really have "svxhost.exe"
then you have a virus.

For svxhost.exe:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=svxhost.exe&btnG=Google+Search

For svchost.exe:
Svchost.exe in Windows XP -
                                support.microsoft.com/kb/314056/EN-US/">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056/EN-US/ and
                                  windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm">http://windowsxp.mvps.org/svchost.htm

Malke
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