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Taming and Tweaking Windows Vista Services

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Service, Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Performance Management, Software, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Ed Bott, Windows Vista, performance, tips, services

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What is that process doing?

What is that process doing?
The process highlighted in the center of this list is using 9% of all available CPU resources. But what is it? The generic process name, Svchost.exe, provides no clues at all. To see the details, right-click the entry in the list and then click Go To Service(s) from the shortcut menu.

For a detailed discussion of when and how to manage services, see Fixing Windows Vista, Part 4: Get smart about services
             

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