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What Is svchost.exe? Find the Service, Fix the Load, Spot the Fake

What svchost.exe is, why Windows runs dozens of Service Host processes, how to map each one to its service with Task Manager, tasklist and PowerShell, what to check when one eats CPU or RAM, and how to spot malware using the svchost name.

TPM Device Not Detected: Fix It in Firmware, Then in Windows

How to fix "TPM device not detected": tell the firmware alert from the Windows error, triage with Get-Tpm, turn on PTT or fTPM, save the BitLocker key before clearing the TPM, and check TPM across a fleet before Windows 11.

What Is a Ransomware Attack? How It Moves, Hour by Hour

What a ransomware attack is, how attackers get in and spread across a network, why they go after backups first, what to do in the first hour, and what makes a backup survive.

Endpoint Privilege Management: The 2026 Guide for MSPs and IT Teams

Intune EPM joined Microsoft 365 E5 in July 2026, CyberArk's EPM now sells as Idira, and Macs and Linux still need their own answer. Seven EPM tools sorted by platform and price, an Intune EPM troubleshooting table and a five-layer least privilege map for MSPs and in-house IT teams.