SVCHOST Viewer Takes the Mystery out of SVCHOST.EXEIf you’ve ever looked at your Windows Task Manager, you’ve seen several SVCHOST.EXE instances running, and wondered “what are all those processes doing?” From Wikipedia:

Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) within the Microsoft Windows operating system.

In XP you can run the following command to see what services are behind each svchost:

tasklist /svc /fi "imagename eq svchost.exe"

Alternately, you can run this great FREE piece of software called SVCHOST viewer. It’s a nifty little gui to let you see vital info about each svchost instance.   Check it out here…