R rwiemer Member Jan 5, 2012 #1 Is it bad to have your computer running a high number of processes? If it is bad is there a easy way to reduce the number? Thank you! My Computer System One
Is it bad to have your computer running a high number of processes? If it is bad is there a easy way to reduce the number? Thank you!
richc46 Vista Guru Gold Member Jan 5, 2012 #2 Yes, download and use winpatrol It is not bad, but can slow your computer and use memory. Select the ones that you want with WinPatrol My Computer System One Manufacturer/Model Dell XPS420 Memory 6 gig Graphics card(s) ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB Sound Card Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam Hard Drives 640 gb Cooling Fan Mouse Dell USB 4 button optical Keyboard Dell USB Other Info DSL provided by ATT
Yes, download and use winpatrol It is not bad, but can slow your computer and use memory. Select the ones that you want with WinPatrol
P Patonb Vista Guru Gold Member Jan 5, 2012 #3 Um, its not bad having high processes. Depending what programs, and how you have them set up, will determine how many processes will run. Trimming rarely used items will possibly speed things up, but its not detrimental to alot of them runniung. My Computer System One CPU Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz Motherboard Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r Memory 12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold Graphics card(s) gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216 Monitor(s) Displays Dual 22" // Headless Hard Drives OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2 PSU Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx Case Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1 Cooling Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12 Other Info Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Um, its not bad having high processes. Depending what programs, and how you have them set up, will determine how many processes will run. Trimming rarely used items will possibly speed things up, but its not detrimental to alot of them runniung.
Yard Dog Vista Guru Gold Member Jan 5, 2012 #4 I like to use this program at times , just to see them : Process Explorer In view, i put check mark in Lower pane, and it show who the process belongs to. That program Rich suggested is very good. I love that program. My Computer System One Manufacturer/Model Emachine ET 1161-05 CPU AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 Motherboard eMachines MCP61PM-GM (Socket AM2 ) Memory 2.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 387MHz (6-6-6-18) Graphics card(s) Acer E181H (1280x768@60Hz) 128MB GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 ( Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Name Acer E181H on NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 Screen Resolution 1280x768 pixels Hard Drives ST316081 5AS SCSI Disk Device PSU MCP61PM-GM 9000 NVIDIA Chipset Model MCP61 Chipset Revisio Case Tower Cooling Fan Speed 1247 RPM Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard Internet Speed http://www.speedtest.net/result/1538974261.png
I like to use this program at times , just to see them : Process Explorer In view, i put check mark in Lower pane, and it show who the process belongs to. That program Rich suggested is very good. I love that program.