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How to find out CPU usage of DLLs within an instance of svchost.exe
My Windows Server 2008 R2 should be almost idle, yet it's taking about 12-15% CPU almost all the time. The busy process is an instance of svchost.exe
Using SvcHost Process Analyser, I've established ...
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Ok to disable DNS Client Service on Windows 2008 Web Server due to high cpu usage?
Occasionally on one of my web servers the svchost.exe runs around 60-80% running the DNS Client Service. This is on a Windows 2008 Web Server machine (patched up all the way) handling around 10M page ...
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svchost.exe runs at 90% CPU, tasklist /svc shows RpcSs is the culprit
I'm running Windows Server 2003 Standard (Much to my distaste), I've applied all the security updates and now I'm stuck with a box that's constantly being hammered by svchost.
The process ID is ...
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windows server 2008 100% CPU
I am on Service Pack 2. My CPU is running at 100% with either svchost.exe or services.exe. I know that this was common in XP, server 2000, etc. But now I only seem to find posts for Vista. What is ...
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Limit services hosted by one svchost under WinXP?
Is there a registry setting or something to limit the number of individual services that are run within a single svchost process?
I'm aware of the WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS flag and the sc app's ability to ...
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What could be causing SVCHost to leak handles?
I have a problem that has been causing me all sorts of grief recently. SVCHost appears to be leaking resources all over the shop.
This is the SVCHost run with the arguments "-k netsvcs".
At the ...
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WebClient service always at “stopping” state
The WebClient service always at "stopping" state. Of course the service itself does not work (I cannot access sharepoint folders using their UNC paths, for example).
Tried rebooting - the service ...
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How to find memory usage of individual Windows services?
Task Manager shows the overall memory usage of svchost.exe. Is there a way to view the memory usage of individual services?
Note this is similar to ...
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What is svchost and why are multiple instances of it running?
There's six instances running on my desktop, and probably ten on a server I manage. What is this, and is it vital to system function?
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Finegrained performance reporting on svchost.exe
This is something that's always bothered me, so I'll ask the Server Fault community.
I love Process Explorer for keeping track of more than just the high-level tasks you get in the Task Manager. But ...
