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    Programs running in background

    Discussion in 'HP' started by MsLuna, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. MsLuna

    MsLuna Newbie

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    I have a HP Pavillion dv9640us laptop i've had for about a month now.
    Although I like it a lot it seems to run a bit slow. I noticed it has a ton of stuff running in the background which I am guessing has something to do with it running so slow. Unfortunatly I have no idea what some of the stuff running is.

    If someone has a laptop like mine can you tell me what I absolutly need to have running in the background? It seems to me if and when I need to access anything else I should be able to do so as I need to use it. Until that time does it ALL need to run?

    Thanks for any help
     
    MsLuna, Nov 21, 2007
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  2. SBR

    SBR Notebook Consultant

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    if you could post a list of programs running on your computer by taking a screen shot of the task manager processes tab or something like that it might be more helpful. Or you can try to list them in a post.
     
    SBR, Nov 21, 2007
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  3. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Search on HP BLOATWARE here at NBR and you'll find some prior posts on this subject.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Nov 21, 2007
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