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Old 05-08-2007   #1 (permalink)
AnyWhere@USA.com


 
 

Whats Running In The Background? Help:

I'm running Vista Ultimate Full version and downloaded the "CPU and
Memory" monitor and it keeps showing that something is running in the
background and is using 35% of memory.
How can I check in Vista to see what is doing this.
Thanks
TomP

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Old 05-08-2007   #2 (permalink)
AnyWhere@USA.com


 
 

Re: Whats Running In The Background? Help:

Sorry!! I meant to post in the general group.
TomP
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Old 05-08-2007   #3 (permalink)
Nonymous


 
 

Re: Whats Running In The Background? Help:

AnyWhere@USA.com wrote in news:heu143dam1r1af2s93orb2f1emub0nobq1@4ax.com:

> I'm running Vista Ultimate Full version and downloaded the "CPU and
> Memory" monitor and it keeps showing that something is running in the
> background and is using 35% of memory.


Wouldn't it maybe be Vista itself using 35%?

> How can I check in Vista to see what is doing this.


Run taskmgr.exe, go to the Processes tab, make sure you check the "Show
process for all users" at the bottom. Also, go to View -> Select Columns,
and select the 'Memory (private working set)'.

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Old 05-09-2007   #4 (permalink)
Conor


 
 

Re: Whats Running In The Background? Help:

In article <heu143dam1r1af2s93orb2f1emub0nobq1@4ax.com>, says...
> I'm running Vista Ultimate Full version and downloaded the "CPU and
> Memory" monitor and it keeps showing that something is running in the
> background and is using 35% of memory.
> How can I check in Vista to see what is doing this.
> Thanks
> TomP
>

Download Process Explorer from Microsofts website.

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