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Langa: svchost.exe debunked
by Ryan Carter Oct 8th 2006
Have you ever wondered what that "svchost.exe" service was running multiple copies on your Windows PC? In case you do wonder, check this out from Langa's blog. Fred Langa is the guy behind the famous Langa Letters who writes for InfromationWeek. He explains what svchost.exe does and an unusual way to find out which services and processes are running behind all those svchost.exe entries in your task manager. He says that using Windows Defender will give you more detail on what is going on behind the scenes. I a big fan of Langa for this reason, and instead of rewriting my own version of what I would do, instead I'll point you to this excellent resource he has written on the subject.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
