Figuring out why my SVCHOST.EXE is at 100% CPU without complicated tools in Windows 7

The SvcHost.exe process hosts services that run in the background on Windows. It's literally "Service Host." You may have a dozen services or more running inside that process. More complex is that you'll sometimes see multiple SvcHost.exe's in your TaskManager.  Let me tell you now, Task Manager will not save you. You can see the PIDs for a running Service for the Services tab, but when a service