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December 7, 2001 at 5:53 pm #2130798

Which task processes are necessary?

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by drbadami79 · about 20 years, 5 months ago

OS- Win XP Professional.STand alone ,not connected to any network.Which task processes are absolutely necessary and which can be killed?
What is ‘svchost.exe?It is repeated in my list 5 times.Once with Network,local service, 3 times with system.please explain.
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- December 7, 2001 at 6:16 pm #3546647
  
  Which task processes are necessary?
  
  by ann777 · about 20 years, 5 months ago
  
  In reply to Which task processes are necessary?
  
  MSKB Q303777
  
  This above article explains and resolves the problem with multiple svchost.exe
- December 9, 2001 at 3:39 am #3548650
  
  Which task processes are necessary?
  
  by drbadami79 · about 20 years, 5 months ago
  
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  Anna777 thanks.The MSKB reference doesn’t explain my question.It relates only to a USB scanner.
  However as I was experimenting and closed down many of the processes and services,Win XP now shuts down in a snap!!
  would still like to know what the 5entries of svchost.exe in my task manager mean?
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