Want to block SVCHOST.EXE?
Before you learn how to block svhost.exe from loading, first understand its importance. Svchost.exe is not a virus. It is a necessary application to help your computer function properly. According to Microsoft Svchost.exe acts as a host for a group of services on your computer. As you are aware there a many services and programs the run silently in the back ground. Svchost.exe pools many of these services in one group and runs all at the same time. This is a great for efficiency. However, it can cause your CPU to spike to 100%.
As mentioned before svchost.exe is essential. So the trick is not to block svchost.exe, its to limit your computers need to use it. You can limit your computer need for svchost.exe. By cutting down on the services that are loaded when you PC starts. This can be done quite easily. 1. Open your Start menu. Click the link and check the next page for a list of services that are not needed for normal startup.
For a list of startup services you can disable to block svchost.exe from loadding. Click here
Another way to discover the meaning behind all those services and stop svchost.exe from needed to load is to use the run command: services.msc. Enter this command the same way you did for msconfig. This will bring up the services window. If you drag the mouse to one of the services. It will give you a detailed explanation of the service in question. By right clicking the individual service you can stop the service immediately.
To view the list of services that are running in Svchost: 1.Click Start 2.Click Run 3.Type CMD, and then press ENTER. 4.Type Tasklist /SVC, and then press ENTER. Tasklist displays a list of active processes. The /SVC switch shows the list of active services in each process. For more information about a process, type the following command, and then press ENTER
Remember that if there are errors in your svchost.exe. You may want to try using a Registry Cleaner to block svchost.exe from loading process to try to repair the registry.
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