Thanks, you do an especially good job of making the steps easy to follow...here though, it might be helpful to state that the window may have to be made larger left to right size, in order to see the working set and virtual columns..thanks again for being there for your readers... Charlotte
Posted by: Charlotte Kimm at April 6, 2007 11:43 PM
The article and the Process Explorer tool were very helpful. However, when I viewed processes running on my system, there were 6 abstantiations of "svchost.exe" running. The collective total of the memory being used by these processes was very large. Is this normal?
Posted by: Ron Ledet at April 7, 2007 7:37 AM
Thanks Leo, another helpful tool and one that I will definitely be getting to grips with, you do a great job. May I point out with regard to the comment from Charlotte Kimm on 6 April, you can actually change the order of the columns. To do this, left click on the column header and, while holding down the mouse button, move the column header to the place you need it.
Posted by: Leo A. Notenboom at April 8, 2007 12:07 PM
thanks. but, now that I know one of my svchost.exe files is constantly hogging all my available memory, what do I do about it? It's gotten so bad that I sometimes have to reboot two or three times. it might take me up to a half hour before everything settles down and I can actually use my computer. How do I figure out why the svchost.exe file is killing me???
Have installed and run the Process Explorer. It shows that SQL Server Windows NT uses 1,175,000 of virtual memory approximately. This is the higher virtual memory item. Is it normal ?
No way for me to know - it depends on how it's being used. I'd expect SQL Server to use a lot of memory, though.
09-Oct-2010
Posted by: Sacha at October 9, 2010 2:16 AM
I installed the Process Explorer, but the instructions with the download say to read the help file for further information on how to interpret the data. When I try to open the help file, I get a message stating, "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled". Running Windows XP SP3. I'm fighting a serious memory leak and looks like this tool will be very helpful in finding it. How do I get into the help file??
Posted by: Vee Butterfield at November 7, 2010 2:01 PM
Hi Leo.
Your article identify my problem. Thanks a lot.
But..can you give me a solution?What if i need this program to run 24/7 and dont want to shut it down in order to free the memory?
Is there a way to free the memory without shut down the program?
Im running XP 32bit and the program starts with 4Mb of memory..but after a few hours it uses 150Mb of memory.
Any idea?
Thanks a lot.
You didn't tell me what program it is, so I have no idea what's possible. Basically you'll need to understand the appropriate options and settings for the program - perhaps contact the program's manufacturer. Anf for the record: 150MB isn't much these days. I'm not sure I'd worry.
13-Dec-2010
Posted by: Kostas at December 13, 2010 6:25 AM
Hi again. Thank you for the quick reply.
Yes, 150Mb isn't much. But what if the pc has only 1GB of memory (maximun for the current motherboard) from wicht 260MB are used by windows itself and i'm running this program (L2NET) x3 (3x150=450MB). For your information is a small program (140MB) that helps me with a game. Right now each one L2NET uses 180MB of memory. Total usage of memory 0,99GB of 1GB. I hardly open the explorer. Contacting the manufacturer is out of the question (company doesn't exist, self made by few programers).
Bottom line, i know i talk (***) right now, but any idea? Any alternative idea?
Maybe the program itself has the problem, but what can i do if i have to use it...?
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Thanks, you do an especially good job of making the steps easy to follow...here though, it might be helpful to state that the window may have to be made larger left to right size, in order to see the working set and virtual columns..thanks again for being there for your readers... Charlotte
Posted by: Charlotte Kimm at April 6, 2007 11:43 PMThe article and the Process Explorer tool were very helpful. However, when I viewed processes running on my system, there were 6 abstantiations of "svchost.exe" running. The collective total of the memory being used by these processes was very large. Is this normal?
Posted by: Ron Ledet at April 7, 2007 7:37 AMThanks Leo, another helpful tool and one that I will definitely be getting to grips with, you do a great job. May I point out with regard to the comment from Charlotte Kimm on 6 April, you can actually change the order of the columns. To do this, left click on the column header and, while holding down the mouse button, move the column header to the place you need it.
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Ron: It's quite common to have more than one, and yes, sometimes they do use a
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http://ask-leo.com/what_is_svchost_and_why_is_there_more_than_one_copy_running.html
Leo
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thanks. but, now that I know one of my svchost.exe files is constantly hogging all my available memory, what do I do about it? It's gotten so bad that I sometimes have to reboot two or three times. it might take me up to a half hour before everything settles down and I can actually use my computer. How do I figure out why the svchost.exe file is killing me???
Posted by: Fred at May 13, 2007 8:09 AMFred,
There is an article on how to fix what you're experiencing, I hope that this will be helpful to you: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_fix_this_high_cpu_usage_svchost_virus_or_whatever_it_is.html
Posted by: Jenn at May 13, 2007 9:05 PMThanks Leo,
Have installed and run the Process Explorer. It shows that SQL Server Windows NT uses 1,175,000 of virtual memory approximately. This is the higher virtual memory item. Is it normal ?
09-Oct-2010
I installed the Process Explorer, but the instructions with the download say to read the help file for further information on how to interpret the data. When I try to open the help file, I get a message stating, "Navigation to the webpage was cancelled". Running Windows XP SP3. I'm fighting a serious memory leak and looks like this tool will be very helpful in finding it. How do I get into the help file??
Posted by: Vee Butterfield at November 7, 2010 2:01 PMHi Leo.
Your article identify my problem. Thanks a lot.
But..can you give me a solution?What if i need this program to run 24/7 and dont want to shut it down in order to free the memory?
Is there a way to free the memory without shut down the program?
Im running XP 32bit and the program starts with 4Mb of memory..but after a few hours it uses 150Mb of memory.
Any idea?
Thanks a lot.
13-Dec-2010
Posted by: Kostas at December 13, 2010 6:25 AM
Hi again. Thank you for the quick reply.
Yes, 150Mb isn't much. But what if the pc has only 1GB of memory (maximun for the current motherboard) from wicht 260MB are used by windows itself and i'm running this program (L2NET) x3 (3x150=450MB). For your information is a small program (140MB) that helps me with a game. Right now each one L2NET uses 180MB of memory. Total usage of memory 0,99GB of 1GB. I hardly open the explorer. Contacting the manufacturer is out of the question (company doesn't exist, self made by few programers).
Bottom line, i know i talk (***) right now, but any idea? Any alternative idea?
Maybe the program itself has the problem, but what can i do if i have to use it...?
Thank you for your time. Best regards.
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