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Freebase Dali · 08-02-2010, 10:07 PM

What is svchost.exe And Why Is It Running? - How-To Geek

Notice the important line about disabling un-needed services... then check this out:

Windows 7 Services that can be Safely Set to MANUAL - Tweaking with Vishal

Then follow up with:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm (even though it's for XP, there's still a lot of relevance)

Edit: Not sure about Windows 7, but you might have to run services.msc to see all the services represented in the elder geek thing.

08-02-2010, 10:07 PM	#653 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	What is svchost.exe And Why Is It Running? - How-To Geek Notice the important line about disabling un-needed services... then check this out: Windows 7 Services that can be Safely Set to MANUAL - Tweaking with Vishal Then follow up with: http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm (even though it's for XP, there's still a lot of relevance) Edit: Not sure about Windows 7, but you might have to run services.msc to see all the services represented in the elder geek thing.