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Micah Cohen · 09-14-2006, 10:20 AM

Ok, honored computer techs, I can't figure something out and I need your help. I appreciate it.

I'm wondering why my usually quick laptop is running slow, why the hard drive light is constantly on, why I hear it spinning in there even when I'm not doing anything, why it takes a full 60+ seconds to start up something like Explorer.

I open my "Task Manager," and I see some weird stuff.

(1) I see the file svchost.exe running four or five times, with LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE and SYSTEM appended to it in the user column. What is "svchost.exe"? I pick one or two and "end task," but it always comes back. Do I need this? How do I shut this off?

(2) I see the file wmiprvse.exe racking up some big usage numbers. What is this? Do I need it? How do I stop it?

(3) Why does "System Idle Process" (showing user "SYSTEM") showing "99" under CPU usage? Can I stop this?

What's going on here?

Thank you for your help!

MC

09-14-2006, 10:20 AM	#1 of 9
Micah Cohen Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Local Time: 05:40 PM Local Date: 12-01-2008 Posts: 1,457	a little tech help needed (tsk mngr, running file questions) Ok, honored computer techs, I can't figure something out and I need your help. I appreciate it. I'm wondering why my usually quick laptop is running slow, why the hard drive light is constantly on, why I hear it spinning in there even when I'm not doing anything, why it takes a full 60+ seconds to start up something like Explorer. I open my "Task Manager," and I see some weird stuff. (1) I see the file svchost.exe running four or five times, with LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE and SYSTEM appended to it in the user column. What is "svchost.exe"? I pick one or two and "end task," but it always comes back. Do I need this? How do I shut this off? (2) I see the file wmiprvse.exe racking up some big usage numbers. What is this? Do I need it? How do I stop it? (3) Why does "System Idle Process" (showing user "SYSTEM") showing "99" under CPU usage? Can I stop this? What's going on here? Thank you for your help! MC ultramicah@yahoo.com "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."