What the h*ll are these processes in Vista?

[foolfromhell]

http://i28.photobucket.com/alb...l/Somethingisbuggy.jpg

How many svchosts is that now?

Why are there so many?

 

[Robor]

Install this and find out what they are: http://www.microsoft.com/techn...s/processexplorer.mspx

 

[hans007]

svchost.exe is used a lot by adware . they will just rename their executables that so it might not be the svchost that windows comes with.

 

[Skeeedunt]

Looks pretty normal, I've got one more than you do.

 

[foolfromhell]

Hmm. I also have multiple csrss.exes, multiple rundll32.exes multiple sidebar.exes, multiple svchost.exes, multiple taskend.exes. All have copies of Username Sid and Username System...

 

[ViRGE]

Normal, normal, normal, and normal.

 

[bsobel]

Why are there so many?

Because MS realizes it's better to split up the tasks based on the security requirements and other logic break points. Unless your having a problem, this appears normal and isn't really anything you need to be woried about.

 

[foolfromhell]

all my virus checks, spyware checks, and adware checks yield nothing. Guess it is normal. Just that its been 1 day on Vista and I panicked. Eh. Other than that, the OS is pretty nice. Dont like the missing "Up one level" though...

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: foolfromhell
all my virus checks, spyware checks, and adware checks yield nothing. Guess it is normal. Just that its been 1 day on Vista and I panicked. Eh. Other than that, the OS is pretty nice. Dont like the missing "Up one level" though...

Why?

At the address bar in every window you can easily click the previous folder at the top, or the folder before that folder, or before that folder.

Far easier than XP's "up one".

 

[foolfromhell]

Eh. I guess I will need to get used to it. Th problem is, I still dont know how to "Up One level" my way to the desktop.

 

[stash]

Originally posted by: Robor
Install this and find out what they are: http://www.microsoft.com/techn...s/processexplorer.mspx

You can also use "tasklist /svc"

 

[nova2]

if interested,
the hotkey for 'up one level' in explorer is alt+up arrow

unlike vista, XP doesn't seem to have a hotkey for this

 

[Scooby Doo]

Originally posted by: nova2
if interested,
the hotkey for 'up one level' in explorer is alt+up arrow

unlike vista, XP doesn't seem to have a hotkey for this

If your referring to return to parent folder... use the backspace in XP, it seems to be missing in vista

 

[googly]

I just tried Alt + up-arrow in Exploder using Vista. Doesn't work.

 

[MadRat]

Vista's explorer interface is a warmed over turd. It was useful in XP. It's pretty well a polished turd in Vista.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: googly
I just tried Alt + up-arrow in Exploder using Vista. Doesn't work.

It works for me I prefer navigating with the address bar, but Alt up will be useful on occasion. I much prefer Vista's interface to XPs. I can't think of anything I miss atm.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: stash

Originally posted by: Robor
Install this and find out what they are: http://www.microsoft.com/techn...s/processexplorer.mspx

You can also use "tasklist /svc"

But, I think that only works on Pro (at least on XP), probably business only for Vista (although Microsoft may have let the entire windows family use that command).