Is this how it should be?
2007-03-22 21:26:13 · 10 answers · asked by shano 2006 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Sounds like you have too much running. You can choose what you want to run when you start your computer by:
Start > Run > Msconfig
You may or may not want Yahoo IM or your photo software etc to run at start up in your taskbar and only open it when you need to use them. This can save computer resources and increase performance.
You can see what the processes are by googling them.
http://www.tasklist.org/
2007-03-22 21:33:05 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Ale 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows XP by itself only loads maybe 20. Windows 95 loads 5-6 & windows 98 loads about 7-9. So with that being said you probably are a novice user& have 15-20 items in the taskbar(next to the clock) so now you're up to about 35-40 which is still too many> If you have 80 that leads me to believe there 30-40 viruses/spyware/trojans running on you're system. So start saying NO to theose "free downloads", shareware programs & especially the free screensavers.
2007-03-23 05:07:44 · answer #2 · answered by Willis C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way! This is way too many processes... my suggestion would be to go to 'Start', click 'Run', and then type in 'msconfig' (without the two '). When you get in there, click on the 'Startup' tab... go through that list and uncheck the things that you don't need. If you do not know what it is that you are unchecking, then leave it and move to the next. Most of them will tell you where they are at (e.g., C:\Program Files\Firefox or something like that).
Good luck, and be careful with what you uncheck. If you uncheck the wrong things, it won't harm your system, but may keep you from having the kind of protection your system needs (e.g., unchecking an antivirus or firewall program from the list).
2007-03-23 04:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by indiginouslizard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that you're not exaggerating, no it isn't. There will always be a lot of processes running on your machine, but honestly you only need to have a handful running. My computer has roughly about 35 running at any given time. You likely have some spyware running on your machine, and you're probably better off doing a full system scan.
2007-03-23 04:31:48 · answer #4 · answered by tony c 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to look at you "applications".. most computers will have several processes running at the same time, not a big deal, you can go to your system tray and shut off what you don't need to have running.. just don't turn your anti-virus off if you are surfing the web or anything.
If you need to stop an application just right click on it, then click on "go to process" and then right click on the one that comes up highlighted and click on "end process tree" that way you don't have something else from the application running in the background.
2007-03-23 04:30:54 · answer #5 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the system runs various support programs in the background.
2007-03-23 04:30:43 · answer #6 · answered by David D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is no need to worry becoz system needs to run it's owm processes with your application processes. there are some common processes runs on every sys
2007-03-23 06:29:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, its not unless you have a lot of games, windows, media players and so on going...you probly have adware or spyware on your computer so you need to do a scan and get rid of the spy-ad ware. then your computer will run a lot faster
2007-03-23 04:38:27 · answer #8 · answered by babygirl_of_texas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess..but that's quite a bit. i only got 37 right now. i have my antivirus, media player and windows live messenger on.
2007-03-23 04:32:10 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if you have 80 applications running at one time...it doesnt sound correct...
2007-03-23 04:29:28 · answer #10 · answered by babygurl 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋