I have 49 programs running in my windows task manager and

[Guest]

I have 49 programs running in my windows task manager and I am not running
any programs, I think I might have allot of unnecessary programs running that
don't need to be running which is taking up a lot of my memory..
In run there is a command I can put in to edit all my start up files, Does
anyone know what the command is?

Or what program I can use to get ride allot of program's that might be
running with out my knowledge?

 

[Guest]

Those are not programs. They are Processes and 49 is an average number for
XP. Programs will be on the Applications tab.

 

[DatabaseBen]

start > run > msconfig

 

[Rock]

I have 49 programs running in my windows task manager and I am not running
any programs, I think I might have allot of unnecessary programs running
that
don't need to be running which is taking up a lot of my memory..
In run there is a command I can put in to edit all my start up files, Does
anyone know what the command is?

Or what program I can use to get ride allot of program's that might be
running with out my knowledge?

Are you talking about what's listed on the process tab? These are all
processes, some of which are important system processes that are necessary
for XP to Run. There will be quite a few processes running in XP. The
issue is not so much how many but do you want each of them to be running.
Here are some research sites to use to check out what's running so you can
make a decision about it.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

Besides these specific sites there is always www.google.com which is an
excellent resource when first looking for information.

After you research what's running then you can disable particular startup
programs. First step should be to check in the options for the program you
don't want to start and see if there is a setting to tell it not to run at
startup. The next step is to remove any entries you don't want from the two
startup folders:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

For anything else uncheck their entries in the startup tab of msconfig:
Start | Run | Msconfig | Ok

Another option is to remove the reference to them from one of these keys in
the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Make sure you have a backup of the registry using a program like ERUNT
before making any changes to the registry.

ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

Installing and Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm

This is assuming the system is not infected with malware. Cleaning up
malware requires other tools.

 

[Guest]

start > run > msconfig
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I'm not a tard i know those programs are processes..

Now that i was reminded it is msconfig i can input in run...

I can i find those unwanted programs and deselect them so they want run at
start up so they want eat up my memory..

 

[Nina DiBoy]

Those are not programs. They are Processes and 49 is an average number for
XP. Programs will be on the Applications tab.

I guess it depends on what you run, but I get my machines trimmed down
to 30 or less processes, without disabling the necessary stuff like AV.
49 processes is alot IMHO.

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[Rock]

I guess it depends on what you run, but I get my machines trimmed down to
30 or less processes, without disabling the necessary stuff like AV. 49
processes is alot IMHO.


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It's not how many, per se, but what, is running. No specific number is
best.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Mary wrote:

I guess it depends on what you run, but I get my machines trimmed down
to 30 or less processes, without disabling the necessary stuff like
AV. 49 processes is alot IMHO.

The concept that *any* number is too many is completely wrong, as far as I'm
concerned. Just as with automatically starting background programs, the only
applicable issue is *which* they are, not how many. Some of them may hurt
performance severely; others may have so tiny an effect that it's
unmeasurable.

Moreover, 49 is by no means an uncommon number or any cause for concern.
Many people have considerably more than that and experience no problems at
all.

If Josh is experiencing performance problems, then it *may* pay to look to
see what'processes are running. Otherwise, I would simply ignore this as an
issue. "Don't fix what isn't broken" is a good maxim to follow here, as it
so often is.