Are 15 svchost.exe's too many?

vista sp1 on hp laptop

Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
I added the command line so can see where they're being called

but it does seem to be a lot
have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit

any ideas?

tia

David

<> wrote in message
news:...
> vista sp1 on hp laptop
>
> Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
> took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
> I added the command line so can see where they're being called
>
> but it does seem to be a lot
> have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit
>
> any ideas?
>
> tia
>
> David

Try installing and running Process Explorer to identify what's being run by
svchost. It gives MUCH more detail than Task Manager.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx

HTH
-pk

weewillie;1087074 Wrote:
> vista sp1 on hp lapto
>
> Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?
> took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe runnin
> I added the command line so can see where they're being calle
>
> but it does seem to be a lo
> have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefi
>
> any ideas
>
> ti
>
> Davi

That depends completely on what you are running. And 15 is not unusual
If you run Process Explorer as suggested, right click on the process(es
in question and go to Properties. That will give you additiona
information. But hovering over the various svchost.exes will give yo
already a first clue

PS: Why is your Vista slow? What is your CPU and your RAM? I have neve
seen it as being slow

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whs

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:13 -0500, whs <>
wrote:

>
>weewillie;1087074 Wrote:
>> vista sp1 on hp laptop
>>
>> Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
>> took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
>> I added the command line so can see where they're being called
>>
>> but it does seem to be a lot
>> have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>> tia
>>
>> David
>
>
>That depends completely on what you are running. And 15 is not unusual.
>If you run Process Explorer as suggested, right click on the process(es)
>in question and go to Properties. That will give you additional
>information. But hovering over the various svchost.exes will give you
>already a first clue.
>
>PS: Why is your Vista slow? What is your CPU and your RAM? I have never
>seen it as being slow.

I'll the utility and post back
Its a dual core 2ghz proc with 2gb mem

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:39:51 -0400, "Patrick Keenan" <>
wrote:

><> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> vista sp1 on hp laptop
>>
>> Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
>> took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
>> I added the command line so can see where they're being called
>>
>> but it does seem to be a lot
>> have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>> tia
>>
>> David
>
>Try installing and running Process Explorer to identify what's being run by
>svchost. It gives MUCH more detail than Task Manager.
>
>http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896653.aspx
>
>HTH
>-pk
Patrick

I've run it, but I'm too inexperienced to understand what it's telling
me

Hmm, I suggest the following. Run Process Explorer again and click o
CPU in the header. That will bring all the CPU intensive processes t
the top. See which processes use the most % of time and post those her
- with the percentage number (but not the "system idle" process - tha
is the unused cpu time). Then we can have a look at it. The number o
your svchost.exes is probably Ok and your system as described should b
able to cope with Vista. It is not a race car, but an averag
configuration
One additional thing you could check is the startup programs. I sugges
you use WinPatrol for that ( 'BillP Studios: WinPatrol 2009
(http://www.winpatrol.com/) ). msconfig is too messy to do anything
Maybe you can take a snip of the startup window in WinPatrol and post i
here (drag it down far enough so that it shows all the startups). I a
sure there are some that need not be there and unnecessarily eat you
RAM

--
whs

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:13 -0500, whs <>
wrote:

>
>weewillie;1087074 Wrote:
>> vista sp1 on hp laptop
>>
>> Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
>> took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
>> I added the command line so can see where they're being called
>>
>> but it does seem to be a lot
>> have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>> tia
>>
>> David
>
>
>That depends completely on what you are running. And 15 is not unusual.
>If you run Process Explorer as suggested, right click on the process(es)
>in question and go to Properties. That will give you additional
>information. But hovering over the various svchost.exes will give you
>already a first clue.
>
>PS: Why is your Vista slow? What is your CPU and your RAM? I have never
>seen it as being slow.

2ghz processor and 2gb memory

<> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:13 -0500, whs <>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>weewillie;1087074 Wrote:
>>> vista sp1 on hp laptop
>>>
>>> Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
>>> took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
>>> I added the command line so can see where they're being called
>>>
>>> but it does seem to be a lot
>>> have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit
>>>
>>> any ideas?
>>>
>>> tia
>>>
>>> David
>>
>>
>>That depends completely on what you are running. And 15 is not unusual.
>>If you run Process Explorer as suggested, right click on the process(es)
>>in question and go to Properties. That will give you additional
>>information. But hovering over the various svchost.exes will give you
>>already a first clue.
>>
>>PS: Why is your Vista slow? What is your CPU and your RAM? I have never
>>seen it as being slow.
>
> I'll the utility and post back
> Its a dual core 2ghz proc with 2gb mem

Only 2GB? My Vista runs fine but I have a core duo with 4GB. Mine shows
about 1.5GB being used just on starting up. Are you running the aero theme?
You may want to disable all possible bells and whistles or upgrade your RAM.

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:11:32 -0400, "Eric" <>
wrote:

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><> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:13 -0500, whs <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>weewillie;1087074 Wrote:
>>>> vista sp1 on hp laptop
>>>>
>>>> Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
>>>> took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
>>>> I added the command line so can see where they're being called
>>>>
>>>> but it does seem to be a lot
>>>> have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit
>>>>
>>>> any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> tia
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>That depends completely on what you are running. And 15 is not unusual.
>>>If you run Process Explorer as suggested, right click on the process(es)
>>>in question and go to Properties. That will give you additional
>>>information. But hovering over the various svchost.exes will give you
>>>already a first clue.
>>>
>>>PS: Why is your Vista slow? What is your CPU and your RAM? I have never
>>>seen it as being slow.
>>
>> I'll the utility and post back
>> Its a dual core 2ghz proc with 2gb mem
>
>Only 2GB? My Vista runs fine but I have a core duo with 4GB. Mine shows
>about 1.5GB being used just on starting up. Are you running the aero theme?
>You may want to disable all possible bells and whistles or upgrade your RAM.

Thanks
I've had aero disabled for some time

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:11:32 -0400, "Eric" <>
wrote:

>
><> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:00:13 -0500, whs <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>weewillie;1087074 Wrote:
>>>> vista sp1 on hp laptop
>>>>
>>>> Vista running slow (as is everyone's ?)
>>>> took a look at task manager and counted 15 svchost.exe running
>>>> I added the command line so can see where they're being called
>>>>
>>>> but it does seem to be a lot
>>>> have run spybot and cc cleaner to no benefit
>>>>
>>>> any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> tia
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>>That depends completely on what you are running. And 15 is not unusual.
>>>If you run Process Explorer as suggested, right click on the process(es)
>>>in question and go to Properties. That will give you additional
>>>information. But hovering over the various svchost.exes will give you
>>>already a first clue.
>>>
>>>PS: Why is your Vista slow? What is your CPU and your RAM? I have never
>>>seen it as being slow.
>>
>> I'll the utility and post back
>> Its a dual core 2ghz proc with 2gb mem
>
>Only 2GB? My Vista runs fine but I have a core duo with 4GB. Mine shows
>about 1.5GB being used just on starting up. Are you running the aero theme?
>You may want to disable all possible bells and whistles or upgrade your RAM.
>


I run 2 gig with all the bells and whistles turned on and have no
problem. Dual core 2.33 HP machine. I did turn off the automatic
search stuff.