News How to Fix CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED Errors in Windows

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safe mode another way to test if its drivers, but critical process can also be boot files, so checking hdd can help as well
its one if the few bsod where SFC & DISM can help, since its normally caused by essential windows processes dying off
 
I've pulled up task manager, and found 20+ instances of svchost.exe running at the same time, each one taking up memory and CPU cycles. Is this supposed to be a normal thing?
yes
every process in win 10/11 has its own svhost now.

it doesn't use that much more. In the past they were grouped together, they just split it up to make it possible to find problems easier.