Nov 15, 2006 Determining the services running under a SVCHOST.EXE process in Windows 8 The Windows 8 Task Manager makes it much easier to find what services are running under a particular SVCHOST.exe instance.
The Task Manager window in Windows 7 and Windows Vista features a Services tab, something that the Task Manager in Windows XP lacks. Of course, it doesn’t mean that Windows XP lacks services; it means only that you need to look elsewhere to find them.
To view services running on your PC, follow these steps:
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- Open the Control Panel.
- Open the Administrative Tools window.
- In Windows 7, choose System and Security and then choose Administrative Tools.
- In Windows Vista, choose System and Maintenance and then choose Administrative tools.
- In Windows XP, open the Administrative Tools icon.
- Open the Services icon.
- In Windows Vista, click the Continue button or type the administrator’s password to continue.
- Click a service to select it.A description of the highlighted service is displayed in the console window. Some services can also be started or stopped when they’re selected.
- Double-click a service to view detailed information in its Properties dialog box.The General tab in the service’s Properties dialog box has options for starting, stopping, and pausing the service. It also contains a Path to Executable entry, which references the process (program) that’s responsible for running the service.
- Close the service’s Properties dialog box.
- Close the Services window.
In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can quickly display the Services console by selecting the Services tab in the Task Manager window and then clicking the Services button.
- In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can right-click a service shown on the Task Manager’s Services tab and choose the Go to Process command to see which process is running that particular service.
How to Delete a Service in Windows Vista
What is a Service?
What Windows Services are currently running? To see what windows services are currently running in the background, follow these steps: 1) Click on Start or the Windows Vista Orb 2) In Windows Vista, type the following command in the search box and press Enter msconfig 3) Click on the Services tab and you'll see what services are currently running, stopped, or disabled on your computer. 4) Click on the box entitled 'Hide all Microsoft Services' to see only Non-Microsoft programs running in the background as services. In the example screenshot below you'll see the Avast antivirus, Acer recovery software (since its an Acer computer), Lightscribe software for the DVD drive, and DVD software. O23 - Service: Symantec Lic NetConnect service (CLTNetCnService) - Unknown owner - c:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccSvcHst.exe (file missing) So How Do I Remove This Service From Windows Vista? In order to remove a service from Windows Vista, you'll need to know the name of the service, to find this out look in your hijackthis log for the filename. In the example above the filename is ccSvcHst.exe. Luckily with Hijackthis, the name of the file is in parentheses directly after it. In the example above, the name is CLTNetCNService. However, what if you dont use Hijackthis or you don't know the exact name of the service. Follow these steps to determine the exact filename of the service to be removed. 1) Click on the Windows orb 2) Type REGEDIT and press Enter in the search box and click Continue to the User Access Control prompt 3) Click on Edit at the top of the window and click Find. In the example above, you would type ccsvchst.exe and press Enter. 4) You'll find the filename located in a key in the following registry section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices 5) Once you've located the filename, look at the yellow folder name where the filename resides, this is the Service name. Refer to the screenshot below as an example. The name CLTNetCnService is the name of the folder where this Symantec service resides. 6) Write this information down and close the Registry editor Now its time to delete the service. Follow these steps. 1) Click on the Windows orb and type CMD and press Enter to open a command prompt 2) Type the following command, substituting the name of the service found above for the term servicename, and press Enter. sc delete servicename for example: sc delete CLTNetCnService 4) If the deletion was successful, you'll see the following response. [SC] DeleteService SUCCESS 5) Type Exit to close the command prompt 6) Open Hijackthis and review a log, the service should be gone. Congratulations! The service has been removed from your Windows Vista computer. Of course, it should be stated that if you are unsure of any of these procedures, please do not complete them and ask for assistance from a local computer tech, family friend, or other knowledgeable person. Written by Mark Hasting
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