- 1). Right-click the "Windows Taskbar" and select the "Start Task Manager" link from the drop-down menu. The Windows Task Manager displays on-screen.
- 2). Click the "Show processes from all users" button, then locate the running "svchost.exe" processes.
- 3). Right-click one of the "svchost.exe" processes using a high amount of memory and select the "Go to Service(s)" link from the drop-down menu. This takes you to the "Services" tab for that SVCHOST process and highlights the running services.
- 4). Right-click the already-highlighted service or services and select "Stop Service" from the drop-down menu. This will stop the running service that is using above-normal virtual memory.
- 5). Close the Task Manager.
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