What processes can I end?

sometimes after I have the laptop on for hours the memory usage keeps goin up...so i was wonderin what things i can end processes rite now...

 

In my opinion the ones that you should keep would be the programs installed by Acer. I would leave these on:

SynTPLpr <-- Synaptics Touchpad functionality
SynTPEnh <-- Synaptics Touchpad functionality
eDSloader <-- Acer Empowering Technology (security stuff?)
ePower_DMC <-- Acer Empowering Technology (power utility)
Acer ePower Management <-- Acer Empowering Technology (power management)
admtray <-- no idea what that is but its Acer
ccApp <-- Norton/Symantec Antivirus

You can also keep AOL Instant Messenger checked.

Everything else should be disabled.

 

I have 17 processes at startup. That should give you an idea of how much useless stuff you have on there....

 

62 processes? Right at startup? Whoaaa, that is really A LOT. Way too many!

 

I Have 63 Processes

 

yep thas when i just start the computer...theres even more after a few+ hours

 

I have norton system works 2006 premier and it has software to configure startup using services.msc and it makes things real easy. I am running 27 processes at startup and that includes virus software and XP MCE. I would reccomend finding a site online that has a list of all the processes that you can remove, and follow their recommendation. I used google and found a site like this.

DONT USE msconfig and remove them from there that doesnt remove the process, go to RUN and type in services.msc and disable them from there.

Hope this helps,

 

JESUS CHRIST!

Try typing in "msconfig" in "Run" and go to the Start Up Tab to disable those programs from starting up.

 

I tried using MSCONFIG and it only removed like 12 of the 60+ that I had. There is more processes running other places besides msconfig. Using services.msc you can get to all of them.

 

I only have 46 at startup, and that's after removing Acer Empowering and switching over to CA eTrust Internet Security Suite. I also used the notebook optimizing guide from NBR. That really helped too.

 

A good trick is to simple google each process name. One of the first results is usually a database of process names, where they come from, and their effects. Then you can easily decide whether to get rid of it.

The problem with notebooks is that they tend to have a bunch of special processes for handling stuff like the touchpad or other special notebook hardware, so it can be hard to figure out what's important and what isn't.
So google it.

 

A quick question. If a service is listed in the startup but is in "Stopped" status, is there still system memory being allocated for that service? I assume that if it is stopped it is not taking CPU cycles. But perhaps system memory is still being reserved for that service. The point is, maybe it's not how many services are listed but how many are started. I have about 50 services listed under msconfig, but many of those are stopped. No doubt many of those have "Manual" status under services, which probably means it will be activated when a particular app calls for it. Perhaps it takes the "Disabled" status to avoid having memory allocated for that service when it is listed in Startup. Any thoughts?

Talon