Hi just a couple of quick questions:I know that takes a lot of resources, and there can be multiple listings, but mine currently says, and usually always above 100,000K, is that normal?Also they have deferent user names, some under NETWORK SERVICE, some under LOCAL SERVICE and some SYSTEM, is that also normal?Thanks

Alaister,Yes its ok that they have different names and you have multiple ones perfectly normal,svchost handles processes executed by xp DLL's.BUT WARNING: There are viruses around which use the same name as svchost.exe. The safe svchost.exe will be present only in the %Windir%System32 folder. To spot the viruses (if present), just use an AntiVirus scan. The XP Task Manager does not list the full path of the file(s).As to the memory use on your system, yes its pretty high,could be attributed to several things, for instance using the NVida firewal on certain system create this scenario..Mine at most gets to around 20000k. What does your system look like? How much RAM do you have?

Thanks for the reply, my system is an HP pavilion laptop P4 3.4 HT with 1Gb RAM

Hmm ok.. follow these steps.Go to Start > Run > type: cmd > OKtype:tasklist /svc> C:tasklist.txtNote their are spaces on BOTH sides of /svc>This will output a text file in root of your C: driveOpen up the file and find your svchost.exe's (they may NOT all be in a row).Post it here and i can help you figure out what process uses so much.