1. Explorer is running a process called Explorer.exe during the operating system of the Windows series. This process is mainly responsible for displaying icons on the system desktop and taskbar, which have different uses in different systems. 1. Application of Explorer in Windows 9x: In Windows 9x, this process is required when running the system. If you end with the "End Task" method to end the Explorer.exe process, the system will refresh the desktop and update the registry. Press the CTRL Alt DEL key button to appear "End Tasks" dialog box. Select the "Explorer" option in this dialog, and then click the End Tasks button to display the "Close Windows" dialog box. Click "No" button, there will be another dialog in a while, telling you that the program does not respond, ask if you end the task. Click the End Task button to update the registry and return to the Windows 9x system environment. This is more convenient than the cumbersome reboot. 2, Explorer in Windows 2000 / XP: In Windows 2000 / XP and other Windows NT kernel systems, the Explorer.exe process is not necessary, so you can use the task manager to end it, and It does not affect the normal operation of the system. Open the programs you need to run, such as Notepad. Then right-click the taskbar, select "Task Manager", select the Process tab, select the Explorer.exe process in the window, click the "End Process" button, next to the desktop (active desktop Active Desktop) Except for wallpapers, all icons and taskbars disappeared. At this point you can still operate all the software as usual. By ending the Explorer.exe process, it can also reduce the system of 4520KB has been used, which will undoubtedly speed up the system's running speed, and make valuable space for the user's tight users. Second, the SVCHOST process svchost.exe is a very important process for the NT core system. For 2000, XP, it is indispensable. Many viruses, Trojans will also call it. In a Windows operating system family based on NT kernel, different versions of Windows systems have different quantities of "SVCHOST" process, and users use the Task Manager to view the number of processes. In general, Win 2000 has two SVCHOST processes. There are four or more SVCHOST processes in Win XP (there are many such processes in the system later, don't immediately determine the system has a virus) And more in Win 2003 Server. These SVCHOST processes offer a lot of system services such as RPCSS services, DMSERVER services, DHCP services (DHCP Client). If you want to know how much system service is provided each SVCHOST process, you can view the "TLIST -S" command in the Win 2000 command prompt window, which is provided by Win 2000 Support Tools. The "tasklist / svc" command is used in WIN XP. SVCHOST can contain multiple service Windows system processes to be divided into independent processes and shared processes, and the "svchost.exe" file exists in the "% systemroot% system32 directory, it belongs to the sharing process.