Svchost.exe seems to be one of the most secretive processes on the Windows operating system. Users who take a look at the Windows task manager usually discover that the svchost process is running multiple times. The task manager however does not provide detailed access to what every instance of the process does on the computer system.
Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries. One software program to analyze the svchost process in detail is Svchost Process Analyzer. The portable software program has been specifically designed to reveal detailed information about each svchost process that is running on the computer system.
While Svchost Process Analyzer does not provide the details that popular process managers like Process Explorer provide it does list the information in a comprehensible manner. The process analyzer will scan all svchost processes that are running on the Windows operating system upon startup. A click on details will open the main application window that lists every svchost process in the top window and details about the selected process in the window at the bottom.
Each entry in the lower window is displayed by name, service name and file. Svchost Process Analyzer is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008.
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tasklist /svc ????
tasklist isn’t available in XP Home.
I guess I´m not the only one with the 2 “Acces is denied” messages. I haven´t been able to find what´s that about. (In safe mode, I still have one, so instead of helping me out, this program is making me distrust my PC even more… :-D
Any idea what´s with those 2 svchost??
Thanks
Run the program, Svchost Process Analyzer, as an Administrator.
Try right-clicking the program and in the pop-up menu, click ‘Run as administrator’. That should allow SPA to give better info on the (2) items.
>> RR says:
>>June 9, 2009 at 12:52 am
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>>Run the program, Svchost Process Analyzer, as an Administrator.
That didn’t work for me. SPA still lists those two processes as requiring administrator privileges. So I checked them with Process Viewer from Sysinternals, which shows up their lists of services fine.