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Computer Help and Support

TreasonousBastard

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1. Only 75? I've got 120 on a good day. But, svc is a necessary tool for Windows...

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 01:59 PM

Jul 2019

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/Windows-vista/what-is-svchostexe-and-why-is-it-running/

Basically, it sorts out how "real" processes talk to each other. Kill it, and it all dies.

First thing, though, is to boost your laptop memory. You probably have an empty slot, so buying another 4GB would be maybe 25 bucks or so. It's amazing how that speeds things up. Right now, vast amounts of background stuff is being shifted back and forth between disk and memory, and keeping it in memory is much faster. Make sure you get memory compatible with this computer, though.

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SvcHost and me...a question [View all] malthaussen Jul 2019 OP

Only 75? I've got 120 on a good day. But, svc is a necessary tool for Windows... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #1

SvcHost.exe is a wrapper for many background services in Windows. ManiacJoe Jul 2019 #2