CPU Processes

Question

There are so many processes running on my computer and i would like to know how to figure out which ones that i dont need to run and how to prevent tehm from running everytime i restart my computer.

volcano11 · Answer

Why do you want to take the chance of messing things up by doing this?   It is normal to have over 50 processes running on a Windows XP computer.  Is there a problem you are having that you think could be solved by eliminating processes?   Steve

RoHe · Answer

Start>run
type in: msconfig
click ok

Click Startup tab. You can uncheck just about everything on Startup tab EXCEPT items related to your firewall, antiviral software, mouse and video card. If you're not sure what an item is, the path in the 2nd column may help you decide, or just google the name. Exit msconfig and reboot. Put check in "don't show this again" box that will appear after rebooting.

Ron

posada123456 · Answer

Thanks for the tip Ron it was very useful.

RoHe · Answer

Steve,
I respectfully disagree. Dell has been putting an unbelievable amount of bloatware on new systems lately and most of that stuff loads every time the PC boots. Things like Acrobat Assistant, jsched, MusicMatch, Quicktime, Sonic, RealPlayer, etc can all be safely turned off in msconfig.

True, the OP didn't say what processes are running, but if s/he hasn't run msconfig, I'd bet there's a load of junk in the background. And a lot of that stuff is constantly phoning home for updates which can also slow the system down.

Things have gotten so bad, somebody created the "Dell Decrapifier" to remove the bloatware from Dell PCs.
http://www.yorkspace.com/2006/04/38

My 2-cents...
Ron

volcano11 · Answer

Those are programs, not processes.  I was referring to processes.  If the user wants to get of programs that are bloatware, the best approach is to uninstall the bloatware.  If the user had asked about programs running, my answer would have been different, but he/she clearly asked about processes.   Steve

posada123456 · Answer

no im not having a problem, but my computer has been lagging lately and i think that this would help Kevin

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