Lots of Svchost.exe running in Task Manager?

Tip Of The Day. 8-20-09

If you ever open the Task Manager and see 5 or 6 Svchost.exe Don't Become Alarmed!
Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services run from dynamic link libraries (DLLs). If you want to quickly uncover which services are running under each of the Svchost.exe processes, you can use a command-line utility called TaskList, along with one of its special parameters.

Follow these steps:

1. Open a command prompt.

2. Type tasklist /svc, and press [Enter].

3. If you want a printable list use this command. Type "tasklist /svc >tasklist.txt" (no quotes)

XP Pro only!