How to get rid of unused items in the window task manager?

Question

I have approx 30 items opened under the "processes" tab of "window task manager". They appear to change frequently. How can I get rid of them or most of them? Do they affect they way my computer work if I get rid of them?

Answer 1

Go to run under your start program,then type in this>>msconfig hit OK a new window will come up click start up at top on right.It will bring up a list of items that boots up,loads and runs when you start your PC.UN check everything like yahoo mess,msn,AOL, anything that you have downloaded yourself UN check it.Any thing that says system leave checked.Hit apply then restart and see if that helps.

Answer 2

Hi
I'm not sure where exactly you are looking but if you press F1 while looking at this page you will open the Microsoft Internet Explorer and you can find how to do many things there.

In Tools/Internet Options you can click as follows:
To use Windows display settings on Web page controls

In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

On the Advanced tab, select the Use Windows display settings on Web page controls check box. Note for more information on Windows display settings, see Windows help.

Anything you switch on or off in here will not hurt your computer.

Answer 3

It's quite risky to stop processes using Windows Task Manager unless you can recognize the programs by the file names. I suggest you download and install AVG Anti Spyware(formerly Ewido) 30 days trial version.Even after the trial is over it will still show you the active processes together with their icons and program names(in Analysis Menu). Only the automatic updates and resident shield will stop working. You can update it yourself manually.This will make it easier to know what processes you are stopping. ..Windows Defender is even more clearer in categorizing the running processes. It even shows the publishers' names of the programs. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Before you start to kick the unused item in the task manager make sure you know what it is (can try to search in google using the full part > "issass.exe") els will getting trouble operating the OS .



Happy Trying...

Regards,

DJ SkyWalker
Professional Computer Engineer @ Cisco

Answer 5

right click on the taskbar, click properties, click down at the bottom, it should sat "Notification area" click customize. it will open a new window thing. over on the side, it will say "Hide when inactive" just click on that, and it will open a drop down menu. just click "always hide" Good Luck!!!