check this out, is this normal (the multiple instances of the .exe program running)? and no i dont mean the red box

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Just had a look at mine corjello.

Apart from the fact you have 3 svchost .exe SYSTEM. ( I have 2 )

I also have 2 of everything else.

Don't know if that's good or bad! I'm sure someone will tell us.

I don't know the ins and outs of this, but I had a look at mine and it was kind of similar to yours. Hmm, we'll wait and see.

Here's a tasklist.exe (which only comes with XP Pro) dump of my svchosts (so, here is why some people have a few, and others have more) :

svchost.exe                  732 DcomLaunch, TermService

svchost.exe                  788 RpcSs

svchost.exe                  856 AudioSrv, Browser, CryptSvc, Dhcp, dmserver,

                                 ERSvc, EventSystem,

                                 FastUserSwitchingCompatibility, helpsvc,

                                 lanmanserver, lanmanworkstation, Messenger,

                                 Netman, Nla, NtmsSvc, RasMan, Schedule,

                                 seclogon, SENS, SharedAccess,

                                 ShellHWDetection, TapiSrv, Themes, TrkWks,

                                 w32time, winmgmt, wscsvc, wuauserv, WZCSVC

svchost.exe                  900 Dnscache

svchost.exe                  932 LmHosts, RemoteRegistry, SSDPSRV, upnphost,

                                 WebClient

svchost.exe                 3204 HTTPFilter

Some people have a lot of services running, some people have not as many (depends on whether you're on XP Pro, Home, have avast, Norton, McAfee, other programs that run services (like all-in-one printers), or whatever)

It's quite normal.

The number next to each line is the PID (process ID) number.

Good God, 60 processes.

Good God, 60 processes.

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I have 50.

28 for me!

ive got symantic, plus mines a media center, and i was running diablo 2.

so....

18-20 with no Firefox, AIM or MSN.

42 for me.

Norton can run anywhere from 5-10 that I've seen.

10 just from Norton.. Cripes!

how do i find this information?

Ctrl-Alt-Del, then Processes tab.

Windows task manager is an excellent little app, I love being able to monitor my CPU usage as well.

how do i find this information?

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thank you. i have 41 processes right now, with between 2-18% usage-with this site, another site, zone alarm, ie, av, and emule running. i am guessing i am about middle of the road?