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    Mmmmm 89 processes?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Bowlerguy92, Feb 19, 2008.

  1. Bowlerguy92

    Bowlerguy92 Notebook Deity

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    What the hell is the deal? ON BOOT I have at least 80 if not more. I have gotten rid of spyware done a virus scan and widdled down my boot list. I have like 23 svchost.exe's running. What do I do?
     
    Bowlerguy92, Feb 19, 2008
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  2. Arki

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    Have you gone through the services that are running and disabled the unnecessary ones?
     
    Arki, Feb 19, 2008
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    They are just going to come on again on the next boot.
     
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    Arki, Feb 19, 2008
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  5. darthsat

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    If you have that many processes running, you really do need to disable a lot of those processes. Just type services into the search in the start menu to get to the services window. In there, you can double-click on a service and change it to disabled.

    After doing this, I managed to get my Vista Ultimate down to 42 processes on startup. Runs very nicely like this.

    http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm

    You can use the blackviper site's chart to get a "safe" configuration of services.
     
    darthsat, Feb 19, 2008
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    Correct. Make sure you do your research before disabling services, though. The blackviper guide posted by darthsat is a good read.

     
    crash, Feb 19, 2008
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    It just depends on what software you are running. Most of those probably don't even use any cpu cycles and only use minimal memory. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
     
    nizzy1115, Feb 19, 2008
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    Welcome to the world of Vista.

    Follow the tweaks link posted above to rid some un-used processes. BE SURE you don't disable a service you use or will use in near future.
     
    n19htmare, Feb 19, 2008
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