How to Solve Svchost.exe Errors by Yourselves

 

For many computer users, svchost.exe is a process that may usually cause problem and leave users no choice but to reinstall system to solve the problem. It is so commonly used by other programs that you can’t identify the cause of the error easily. However, to reinstall whole system in the first place is not a wise choice. There are some steps you need to try before giving up and go on to reinstall. In this article, we will discuss mail problems of svchost.exe and the corresponding solutions.

 

One of the symptoms is shown as high CPU usage. Your computer starts to get slow and when you open task manager, you see one or multiple svchost.exe displaying high CPU usage. At this moment, you may think of turning off some running programs and see if the CPU usage is down. But to your disappointment, even if all programs are turned off, the CPU usage is still high. The cause of this symptom is actually windows update that runs backstage. Automatic windows update based on svchost.exe will always search for new updates and try to download by itself. To fix it, just go to control panel, open windows update setting and set windows update to run manually. You will find CPU using rate down at once after turning off window update.

 

Another symptom is application errors that appear at login screen or terminate any program in use. You will probably see an error similar as below:

 

SVCHOST.EXE – Application Error the Instruction at 0x7c918fea referenced memory at 0×00000010. The memory could not be written.

 

The cause of this error is probably windows media player and the solution is quite easy as well. Go to control panel, in administrative tools, choose services. You will open a list with all services running in computer at the moment. And your job is to find Windows Driver Foundation – User-mode Driver Framework service, right click and disable this service. This should do the trick and stop the error from appearing at the login screen.

 

Another general solution for all svchost.exe error is to go to C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution, delete everything in this folder. Or rename this folder name to another name.

 

If all above suggestions do not solve your svchost.exe error, the problem may be deeper, most likely a registry problem. Don’t hesitate, get a system optimizer or registry cleaner to scan and fix the registry for you.