ther are alot of things running at the same time on my computer.can that slow my computer down?if so can i?

Question

stop some of them and if so how and what can i stop?

Answer 1

Many programs run at startup that arent necessary, heres how to stop them from starting automatically.....

To begin click on "start", then "run" and type "msconfig". Press ok. Click on "Startup" tab. Uncheck names of those programs there that you do not need at startup. (These settings are reversible, if you uncheck something and later decide that it is necessary at startup; you can always come back and change the settings again.) Click Apply. Click close. Click on restart to reboot the computer. After reboot system configuration message window appears. Check the box that says "do not display this again", and press ok to close the box. This will keep programs from starting that use up alot of space on the processor and the ram, the first ones to go for me are yahoo messenger, and msn messenger, dont uncheck any of your antivirus or firewall programs, these are programs you want to start with windows........

Simple instructions

1. open the start menu

2. click "run program"

3. type "msconfig"

4. click on the "startup" tab

5. uncheck unwanted programs.

6. restart your computer

Answer 2

Yes, running multiple process simultaneously with use system resources. If you do not have sufficient resources available, you will experience system performance degredation.

To stop the processes simply kill them. Another option is not to start them in the first place.

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html