some expert recently noticed that my computer is getting slower time to time due to processes running in the backround without our conscience and often are invisible. how can we view whats running and how can we know that they are defective or harm causing?
2006-10-31 05:30:43 · 18 answers · asked by Seungyong W 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Hello Adi,
To view your processes, move your cursor to the grey task bar at the bottom of the screen, right click and then select Task Manager. (Or you could press "Ctrl", "Alt" and "Delete" - either way will get you there.)
The Applications tab will show you what tasks you are currently running. The processes tab will show you all processes.
You can stop any Application or Process by clicking on it then selecting End Task (or End Process depending on what tab you are in).
Be careful though because most of the processes that are running are what keeps the computer going so if you end them you could cause damage to your system.
Your computer could be slow because you need to delete non-running programs and files - you could have a build up of files that are using memory even though they are not important.
I suggest you run Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmentor. Also you can download a very good utility called CCleaner from here:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
Click on "Download Latest Version" next to the green arrow.
I use this daily after I have been online. It deletes all temporary internet files, and a host of other rubbish from your computer.
Once installed, click "Analyse" to see what can be deleted then click "Run Cleaner" to offload them.
I hope this helps. If your computer is still running slow, or if you are having problems, send me an email and I can try to clean up your system for you. It could be possible that you have a virus or a hijack.
2006-10-31 06:20:36 · answer #1 · answered by anon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the simplest way is CTRL+ALT+DEL and choose task manager.
you can click on it and then "end task" at the lower part of the window. This should end the process.
A word of advice: windows runs a lot of processes. Before you start closing processes, go online and just type the name of the process in a search engine. See what the result is and make sure that it is not a required process. If you close a needed one, something might stop working or the computer may shut down. You always need to restart to get everything running again.
Also, if you see that the number of processes that you don't are a lot, I would advice in formatting and reinstalling everything....
2006-10-31 05:37:07 · answer #2 · answered by v3ks 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to Run and type MSCONFIG. Then click on the Startup tab. You will find all the programs listed here which are starting with the computer. Disable all here except your Antivirus/Firewall sw. You can also check out all the startup programs that are listed here in the following website to checkout if they are needed for your computer or not.
2006-10-31 06:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by Amet G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can view whats running by pessing ctrl alt and dell.The problem is if your not an expert how do you know what should be running?.Most programmes running in the back ground and slowing computers down are spyware.Download SPYBOT,its free and get rid of your spyware.
2006-10-31 05:42:23 · answer #4 · answered by ian t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Press CTRL+ALT+Delete, and then end some of the processes and applications that are taking up high resource usage.
Or open the Run menu, and type in "msconfig" (without ") and go to the Start-Up tools, and uncheck some of the un-nessisary things that are there. That means your computer will have less things starting up when it boots.
2006-10-31 05:34:22 · answer #5 · answered by codeone42 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2017-03-05 05:42:01 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
press ctrl+alt+del at the same time bringing up Windows task manager. click processes and that will tell you whats running!
2006-10-31 18:49:36 · answer #7 · answered by sdav9883 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hit control alt delete and hit processes. Get a computer nerd to help you figure out which ones are safe to end. My hubby does it all the time, especially when he's playing a game that takes a lot.
2006-10-31 05:32:55 · answer #8 · answered by Sarah 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you hit CTRL ALT DELETE and then click on the the processes tab you can see everything that is running on your computer. Of course, it takes some experience and prior knowledge to know which programs are necessary or part of windows, and which programs are malicious.
2006-10-31 05:32:57 · answer #9 · answered by karkov48 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hi there,
CCleaner is a good program if you want to improve the performaces of your pc and get rid of virus, worms and trojans. Free download here http://bit.ly/UrAtB4
I love it!
Have a nice day
2014-07-27 06:20:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋