host process for windows" what is it? - taking 9% CPU

[Antx777]

Hello

I have a new hi-end PC http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-143-OE, with Windows 7, and a 980X cpu. What i'm wondering though, is why i keep getting CPU Usage of 9% even in "idle" mode?, well i looked at the task manager>processors, and it comes under the name of "host process for windows" or taskhost.exe LOCAL SERVICE.

I can close this and my CPU goes back to 0%, (and everythings fine btw) but do i have to keep doing this? - its a powerfull CPU (overclcoked to 4.2), but not sure this is needed.

If i close it in task manager it "can" comes back at random times...


Right forum?

Ant

 

[Baboonanza]

Right forum?

I don't think so, but no worries.

From a google search:

TASKHOST is a generic process which acts as a host for processes that run from DLLs rather than EXEs. At startup TASKHOST checks the Services portion of the Registry to construct a list of DLL-based services that it needs to load, and then loads them. There can be many instances of TASKHOST running, as there will be one instance of TASKHOST for every DLL-based service or grouping of services (the grouping of services is determined by the programmers who wrote the services in question).

What that means is that the taskhost process is actually a wrapper and is running a different process. You need to find what task it's actually running and then uninstall whatever crapware is causing the problem.

 

[Antx777]

Ok thanks Baboonanza, will see what it is then...

Here is taskhost taking up 8.32 CPU (program used is "Process Explorer")




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Is there anything there i should be aware of (SDPWimiJob?)


Ant