100% CPU Usage by SVCHOST

100% CPU Usage by SVCHOST

Svchost.exe is a windows special file. Open the Windows Task Manager and click “ Show Processes from all users” and you will see all the processes running currently . According to Microsoft svchost.exe is “Host Processes for Windows Services” . Windows OS contains many *.dll files. It means dynamic link library.

It contains the API so that is an Application Programming Interface. All the dll files are used for different purposes and all are necessary. But some time virus does make some problems or while running dll files with the help of svchost.exe file, some programming bug may lead to your situation.

So you have to detect the problem where it is coming from. To do so you have to these steps:

1. Open the Windows Task Manager.

2. Go to the Processes tab.

3. Enable Show processes from all users.

4. Find the svchost.exe file that is making your problem.

5. Right click on it and click Go to Service(s).

This will take you to the Services tab. This will highlight all the related services. Now you know the problem services and you can stop them. To stop the services follow the steps:

1. Click Start menu and then right click on Computer.

2. Select Manage ( This will need Administrative privilege).

3. Double click on Services and Applications.

4. Then click Services.

5. Search the services you found in Windows Task Manager.

6. Once you have found the service, double click on that service.

7. A window will come and then click Stop to stop the service.

Now you have stopped the problem service.

Note that this may lead to some other problems. Before you do anything try some good updated Antivirus programs to search and kill the virus or virus like programs if you have any. Carefully check all your running application softwares are Windows 7 ready specially those programs runs on OS start. Check your start up programs and try Uninstalling some programs you recently installed. Hope you find your solution.