Problem with svchost

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So uh... I'm using my computer for many hours... and finally notice that I am using 4GB of RAM... on idle.
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Everything seems to be running as normal... Any ideas at what this could be?

Edit: I tried to create a dump but it was taking too long, so I cancelled it, and noticed that the same process increased by 300MB, and now Task Manager will not respond.

I have not installed anything recently, have been running everything as normal.

Update: The memory started leaking even further, to the point where explorer.exe became unresponsive, task manager became unresponsive, even command line wasn't working. I had to force a shutdown.

Windows then decided that my Windows 7 partition was active again, and decided to show it in the boot list. That was after taking a minute to get past the initial boot screen (it's usually about 5 seconds).

The preview of the desktop in my Start Screen is also rather borked now.
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Dev Preview x64
    CPU
    i7 950 3.06GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage III
    Memory
    G Skill 4GB DDR3 2000MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX570 1.25GB DDR5
    PSU
    Antec ATX TruePower 750W
    Case
    Antec Lanboy Air Red
So uh... I'm using my computer for many hours... and finally notice that I am using 4GB of RAM... on idle.

Everything seems to be running as normal... Any ideas at what this could be?

Edit: I tried to create a dump but it was taking too long, so I cancelled it, and noticed that the same process increased by 300MB, and now Task Manager will not respond.

I have not installed anything recently, have been running everything as normal.

Update: The memory started leaking even further, to the point where explorer.exe became unresponsive, task manager became unresponsive, even command line wasn't working. I had to force a shutdown.

Windows then decided that my Windows 7 partition was active again, and decided to show it in the boot list. That was after taking a minute to get past the initial boot screen (it's usually about 5 seconds).

The preview of the desktop in my Start Screen is also rather borked now.

Hello there!

svchost.exe is actually a bundle of services. You could download Process Explorer and see what is running underneath svchost and suspend each one to identify which one is leaking.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
Hello there!

svchost.exe is actually a bundle of services. You could download Process Explorer and see what is running underneath svchost and suspend each one to identify which one is leaking.
Thanks, I will download it and keep it for when it happens again. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Dev Preview x64
    CPU
    i7 950 3.06GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage III
    Memory
    G Skill 4GB DDR3 2000MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX570 1.25GB DDR5
    PSU
    Antec ATX TruePower 750W
    Case
    Antec Lanboy Air Red
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