Svchost.exe is a generic host process name for services that run from dynamic-link libraries. But that doesn't really help us much. Some time ago, Microsoft started changing much of the Windows functionality from relying on internal Windows services (which ran from EXE files) to using DLL fi...
Even then, Desktop Windows Manager is using a little less than 1% CPU and less than 100 MB RAM. That's a pretty typical load. You should rarely see it creep much higher than that, and even if it does spike higher on occasion, it should settle back down quickly. There have ...