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    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Matt is Pro, Jan 25, 2007.

  1. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Just after I boot my I 6400, I notice that in the process tab in task manager that a process, for about a minute or 2, spikes in RAM usage from 20 MB to 50MB then to around 100 MB, then it continues to jump from 50 to 100 until finally, a minute or 2 later, it stablizes to around 35-40 MB. Why is this?

    The process in question is svchost.exe (Under the user name of: System)
     
    Matt is Pro, Jan 25, 2007
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    TehStranger Notebook Consultant

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    svchost.exe (usually several of them in task manager) runs in conjunction with another process. do you see any non-svchost process that is also taking up memory or has consistent CPU usage?
     
    TehStranger, Jan 25, 2007
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  3. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Not really. It doesn't bother me, I was just curious.
     
    Matt is Pro, Jan 25, 2007
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