Vista Process Encyclopedia-vista process detailed explanation

Believe that a lot of people open Task Manager found that there are 60-70 processes. The Windows Vista Ultimate version has the largest number of processes, where the number of svchost.exe processes can reach 13, which is not a virus but a result of Windows's numerous services.


reduce the number of processes can reduce the Vista memory footprint, CPU processing resources, etc., related reference Windows Vista Services optimization strategy, if you do not understand Vista services can use the Oovista Prerequisites-Service Optimization Wizard to easily optimize system services.

A service-optimized system can streamline the number of processes to 28, as shown in the figure:

Let's go over the meaning of each vista process in detail:

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe "COM Surrogate" file size 7 KB
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe "WMI Provider Host "File size 239 KB
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe Task Scheduler Engine file size 162 KB
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe" Windows Service Master process file size 21.5 KB
c:\windows\explorer.exe  Windows Explorer file size 2.78 MB
C:\Windows\system32 \dwm.exe the Desktop Window manager-dwm Manager file size 81.5 KB
C:\Windows\system32\SLsvc.exe Microsoft Software Licensing service file size 2.47 MB
C:\Windows\ System32\winlogon.exe Windows Log on application file size (KB)
C:\Windows\system32\lsm.exe local Session Manager service file size 206 KB
C:\Windows\ System32\lsass.exe The local security mechanism process file Size 7.5 KB
C:\Windows\system32\wininit.exe Windows startup application file Size 93.5 KB
C:\ Windows\system32\services.exe the service and controller application file size 273 KB
C:\Windows\system32\csrss.exe client Server runtime process file Size 7.5 KB
C : \windows\system32\smss.exe Windows Session Manager File size 61.5 KB
C:\Windows\servicing\TrustedInstaller.exe Windows Module Installer File size 25.5KB
C:\Windows\System32\audiodg.exe Windows audio Device graphics isolation file size KB
C:\Windows\System32\ctfmon.exe "CTF Loader-Advanced Text service file size 8.5 kb
C:\Windows\System32\conime.exe Console ime-command line mode Input method file size KB