How to find out what's running inside that out-of-control Services.exe or Svchost.exe
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For Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314056
To view the list of services that are running in Svchost:
- Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type CMD, and then press ENTER.
- Type Tasklist /SVC, and then press ENTER.
For Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;250320
To view the list of services that are running in Svchost:
- From the Windows 2000 installation CD's Support\Tools folder, Extract the Tlist.exe utility from the Support.cab file.
- On the Start menu, click Run, and then type cmd.
- Change folder to the location from which you extracted the Tlist.exe utility.
- Type tlist -s.
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