The svchost.exe task that is consuming high CPU usage should automatically float to the top of the list. Left click the svchost.exe process to highlight/select it, then click the Processes column heading to stop sorting the list by CPU usage and to stop the task you just selected from constantly moving around on the list.
Jul 20, 2007 windows 7 - Who is reading my hard drive? (svchost (You can open it through Task Manager, on the Performance tab) Go to the Disk tab, and look in the Disk Activity section. The "Image" (process) will be svchost.exe, but it will have a row for each different file the process is using, and the filename and location may give you an idea what it's doing. SMSvcHost.exe Windows process - What is it? The .exe extension on a filename indicates an exe cutable file. Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. Therefore, please read below to decide for yourself whether the SMSvcHost.exe on your computer is a Trojan that you should remove, or whether it is a file belonging to the Windows operating system or to a trusted application. Hard drive being accessed even when computer is idle Sep 30, 2006
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Disk Activity : 100 % for hours From Perfmon: Highest Disk Activity by svchost.Exe on NTFS Volume Log file Im guessing its indexing & Stopped Windows search service, but No immediate change in Disk Activity.Run CMD as admin and copypaste: fsutil usn deletejournal d n c: chkdsk scan If it does not help, you might need to run the full scan: Typically, the svchost.exe (LocalSystemNetworkRestricted) doesn’t often cause high CPU usage problems like other svchost.exe processes. However, if you found it from Task Manager (or Resource Monitor) and it’s hogging your CPU resource, then it’s time to diagnose and fix it.
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