CPU usage is high SVCHOST is at

SVCHOST is the most mysterious process in Windows, and many new users are puzzled. It is not a lonely party that does not know the truth. It is the service host of Windows, and many of the services that the system comes with run through it. A simple analogy, it is equivalent to the vest of system services. But SVCHOST sometimes CPU usage is very high, how to see through its vest to find the real murderer? We use the task manager to find out its culprit.

STEP01 enters the "Task Manager": Right click in the blank space of the taskbar, select "Task Manager" to open the Task Manager → enter the "Process" tab. You can also open the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+ESC. Windows 7 will automatically hide the system process, we also need to click "Show all users' processes".

Task Manager

STEP02 opens the corresponding location: The secure SVCHOST location should be under System Disk/Windows/System32. We right click on the SVCHOST process and select "Open File Location" to check whether the process is safe from the file location.

STEP03 switches to the corresponding service: Sometimes opening some unneeded services is also the cause of excessive CPU usage. We can also right click on the SVCHOST process and select "Go to Service" to switch to the service corresponding to this process.

Switching the corresponding service

STEP4 closes the unneeded service: When the service corresponding to the SVCHOST process is found to be unfamiliar, what should I do? In addition to right-clicking on the service and selecting "Stop Service", you can also click the "Services" button below to enter the system service interface for detailed viewing. Here you can view the specific meaning of each service in detail and perform various functions such as turning it off.

Turn off unnecessary services