How many processes?

[Dennis Adamisin]

Win I call up the task manager I am seeing 34 processes active - that sounds
like 33 more than I need! Is a way to sort through these, to determine
which are the REAL processes? Is there a list of those that I should be
seeing, and by extension which I should routinely close or block from
clogging the arteries of my system?

Dennis Adamisin
Fort Wayne IN

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Services Guide for Windows XP
http://theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Win I call up the task manager I am seeing 34 processes active - that sounds
| like 33 more than I need! Is a way to sort through these, to determine
| which are the REAL processes? Is there a list of those that I should be
| seeing, and by extension which I should routinely close or block from
| clogging the arteries of my system?
|
| Dennis Adamisin
| Fort Wayne IN

 

[Plato]

Win I call up the task manager I am seeing 34 processes active - that sounds
like 33 more than I need! Is a way to sort through these, to determine

Sounds pretty normal.

which are the REAL processes? Is there a list of those that I should be
seeing, and by extension which I should routinely close or block from
clogging the arteries of my system?

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

 

[Hilary Karp]

34 is not unusual. Any program can run at start up. The key is finding
out which of the ones on your system you want to run. Doing a Google
search on each executable generally gives all the info you need to make
an informed decision.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Win I call up the task manager I am seeing 34 processes active - that sounds
like 33 more than I need! Is a way to sort through these, to determine
which are the REAL processes?

Those are mainly system services, plus background items like your
antivirus, and explorer (the desktop. Its a typical enough number.
Just check for any that is using a lot of CPU without explanation (other
than System Idle, which is what it sounds like), or which is using a
steadily increasing amount of memory without dropping back.