Why does dllhost.exe Com surrogate consumes memory untill crash

Anonymous
2013-04-24T21:17:11+00:00

Why does dllhost.exe  Com surrogate consumes memory untill crash.

It happens when I highlight or view a folder containing video files, Even if I close the folder or select a different folder the memory keeps getting consumed.

It seems to happen mostly with 3D Video files but it has done the same with 2D files.

So it seems to be a problem with the windows thumb nail system dealing with these files.

By the way trying to delete or move the file or folder while the Com Surrogate is consuming memory Delete can not complete the task.

What I have been doing is finding offending file selecting Delete, then go to task manager stopping Com Surrogate, then the file will delete.

Fix

"MS are aware of problems with certain chipset/driver combinations and the KB2670838 update

They are also aware of problems with the IE10 install

They are working on both issues, and will update as and when they are satisfied that they have solved the problems.

The recommendation in the meantime is that if the update doesn't install first time, make sure it's uninstalled, and then hide it - Windows Update will unhide it when it is updated."

So Uninstall IE10 and KB2670838 update, hide them from auto updating when thy pop back up to be updated the problem should be fixed.

Proof that MS knows that IE10 has problems on some hardware platforms is here.

  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/jj898509.aspx

Hope this helps Every One.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-02-27T06:34:52+00:00

    Partial Solution Found!

    https://woodycraft.net/threads/dllhost-exe-com-surrogate-using-enormous-amounts-of-memory.16522/

    Basically, only use small icons in explorer when in a folder with 3d Video files.  Do not enable thumbnails.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-02-27T02:03:34+00:00

    This is sort of helpful, but I'm running IE 11 with basically the same behavior.

    Did they ever fix the IE 10 problem or did it just follow the IE upgrade?

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-02-25T15:02:24+00:00

    open up Task manager go to Processes and remove the offender

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-02-25T14:25:04+00:00

    First Of all I wanna know that is this your question or solution?

    Forget It..

    I just wanna know that How can I get rid of this **** problem?

    It makes my pc slower and slower.. :@

    Plz Mr. Microsoft **** out this **** problem..

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-02-23T03:07:06+00:00

    "dllhost.exe Com surrogate consumes memory until crash once connecting to Internet" ---Thanks for all the posts in this community. I got my case fixed by running anti-virus scan. The virus was detected and several files were fixed. After that fix, I see no dllhost.exe processing shown on task manager. That's great! :)

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