There is a way of checking what is using SVCHost.exe from a cmd prompt, might help people figure out what service is stuffing SVC up.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056
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To view the list of services that are running in Svchost: 1. Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type CMD, and then press ENTER.
3. Type Tasklist /SVC, and then press ENTER.
Tasklist displays a list of active processes. The /SVC switch shows the list of active services in each process. For more information about a process, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
Tasklist /FI "PID eq processID" (with the quotation marks)
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You can download tasklist from
here and drop it in your windows folder for future use if you have XP home as it only comes in Pro.