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September 24th, 2006 16:00
Too many programs running
Hi,
Lately, my computer runs very slowly as soon as I boot it up. When I check the Windows Task Manager, it lists between 40 and 60 processes running, most of which I have no idea what they are. I'm not sure how to find the useless programs and delete them. I've tried the various Microsoft anti-spyware programs and Ad-Aware SE personal, and they don't find anything wrong. Is this something that requires HijackThis, or is there another way to get rid of these programs that I think are causing my problem?
Thanks.
- You can find out what those processes are by going to ProcessLibrary and typing in the process name. This site will give you a description of what it's used for and its recommendation of whether to delete it or not. Keep in mind that it's their opinion about disabling an object. Always do your research first.
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Posted September 24th, 2006 18:00
Hello, I use a program called,"WindowsTasks Manager 5" it will list all your Running processes and when you rightclick onto each one it will show you a short detailed job description of the selected processes, you can thendecide what you wish to do with it, but always REMEMBER if you are not ABSOLUTELY sure if you shouldDelete it safely, then DON'T DO IT, if it is a process which you understand the description that is given forit, and you safely know that you don't need or want it, then its your decision to delete or leave it alone.I find this program helps me very much however, I do not have a direct link to it, so you have to scout for itvia a Search engine.But here is a Direct Link to a website that does describe many, many computer processes, good ones,bad ones, necessary ones, spyware, malware, viruses, etc. when you click onto to it, scrool all the waydown the page and read everything, should help you quite a bit, OK. here it is:Another very good thing I do, is go to your GOOGLE Search and type in any of your Running processes andit will send you to a site with really good descriptions, these are the things that I use and they help me a lot.Try each or all, Hope it helps you,First of all 40 - 60 process is typical, check the Windows XP forum which has had many discussions on this topic. Numbers in a vacuum are meaningless. Even if you were reduced your process twenty processes, all you need is one out-of-control process to cause you problems. At the moment I have 66 processes in my process list. The question you need to answer is what processes are using what resources, and how much of the available resources total are you using? Look at the task manager performance tab. What is your CPU Usage? What is your Commit Charge? How much physical memory is available? Lastly the specification of your PC would help.
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Posted September 24th, 2006 18:00
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