Slow - Handles ??

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Hi
I’ve only had this computer a few months and it’s running pretty slow now,
than it was when I first got it.

I read somewhere that if a process uses more than 2000 handles it’s eating
up too many resources – except svchost.exe which is alright.

I have symwsc.exe which is using 2704 handles. It suggests I may want to
consider terminating that process.

Can anyone tell me what exactly is symwsc.exe and can I delete/terminate it
safely and actually how would I do that ??




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Graham

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i have SymWSC.exe running: Mem Usage=1892K and Handles=281. I don't know much
about what 'handles' mean or do, but i thought i should try to help.

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi
>
> You may find some help here:
>
> http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=symwsc.exe
>
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> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
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>
> "Graham" <Graham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3788D4B7-97D1-49D7-BC92-8F4541D33601@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> > I've only had this computer a few months and it's running pretty slow now,
> > than it was when I first got it.
> >
> > I read somewhere that if a process uses more than 2000 handles it's eating
> > up too many resources - except svchost.exe which is alright.
> >
> > I have symwsc.exe which is using 2704 handles. It suggests I may want to
> > consider terminating that process.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what exactly is symwsc.exe and can I delete/terminate
> > it
> > safely and actually how would I do that ??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Graham
>
>
>