Look up information on the TASKLIST command and add /SVC to the command to see what each does.
SVCHOST is a little like the RUNDLL of prior windows. You'll see it run instead of a full fledged program.
Bob
PS? Where to research? http://www.google.com
One (and only one) of my workgroup computers (XPpro)( Intel D854 MB, P4@2.4,lan,firewalled,etc)has way more scvhost than I've ever seen, ran the usual spyware-etc checks, local and online AV checks ok,computer itself appears to run ok, how can I figure out what they are each for??? TIA

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