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Aug 24, 2007, 09:15 AM
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NUmber of Processes
unsure about where to stick this thread, so to be safe put it under general.
at this very moment i am running 53 processes. is this too much? granted i am only using a CPU usgae of 2-5%. i guess if the usuage is low then i dont really have to worry. right? |
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Aug 24, 2007, 09:38 AM
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53 processes is horrible. I have 19 processes open including PnkBstrA.exe (punkbuster for BF2142), GameJackal, the internet and winamp (and task manager). The rest are common system processes and it is using 237MB of memory. Granted probably only ~100MB of physical memory, but in your case it is probably worse. I would tweak some of those processes out. You sure you don't have a virus?
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Aug 24, 2007, 09:40 AM
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53 is way too much.
type msconfig into a run box. Select selective start up, then select the programs tab. Root thru there, and uncheck anything you know isn't needed right away upon boot.
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Aug 24, 2007, 09:47 AM
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no i pretty sure i dont have a virus - i use ad-aware and AVG at least once every 2 days. can i do a print screen to show you?
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Aug 24, 2007, 10:08 AM
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I run quite a lot of processes myself as well, all depends on the programs you're using. 8 sessions of svchost, f-secure runs in multiple processes as well. And obviously there are more programs that run multiple processes. The idea of running as few as you can is a bit silly, doesn't hurt to disable unused processes though.
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Aug 24, 2007, 10:10 AM
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in a vista tablet pc i see 88 process !!!!!! in mine 28~32 depending if i run the a/v or not
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