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    Which of these processes can be disbled?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by lemonspeaker, Nov 7, 2007.

  1. lemonspeaker

    lemonspeaker Notebook Evangelist

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    I was wondering if someone can give me a heads up on which one of these processes can i disable... considering that i dont use windows defender... etc... and all that windows crap... what can i disable because there's a lot of processes going on....

    this is a screen shot of my processes///

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    lemonspeaker, Nov 7, 2007
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    Do not disable system processes or you will likely crash your PC. Old rule of thumb was that any process started by you (blanked out) could be disabled except for explorer.
     
    Harleyquin07, Nov 7, 2007
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    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, unless something strange is going on, don't touch anything. There are plenty of sites you can search to find out what each process does, but mostly they are there for a reason.

    Don't pay attention to "tweak" guides that tell you to turn stuff off... they are mostly written by people who don't know what they are doing.
     
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  4. schoko

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    Yep, if it´s only 42, thats ok. Had a Lenovo thinkpad , and after i reinstalled Windows XP and did shrink the amount of processes to a minimum i had about 36 in all. That was about all i could do.
    Received a new Hp 8510P a week ago and it was having 81 processes running when i first started the system. That was way too much.
    But when you just have 42, thats ok, there is really no need to kill some processes. Especially when you don´t know what you are doing.

    My advice , just leave it as it is.

    best
     
    schoko, Nov 7, 2007
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  5. Lithus

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    All the ones that you have blacked out can be turned off, though I would recommend keeping the antivirus on.
     
    Lithus, Nov 7, 2007
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  6. TomTom2007

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    I don't think you should disable any of those processes, all of them look legitimate Windows internal processes and anti-virus processes... none of them are crapware or anything in that nature.

    Windows Defender itself takes only a little power to run in the background, won't affect your performance at all. If it bothers you that much, go to control panel, windows defender, tools, options and un-check all the real-time protections.

    It's not the current processes that you should be concerned, but start-ups, a lot of useless programs might start when windows starts, thus slow down your computer, go download WindowsPatrol, it's a simple program, with all the powerful tools you need to monitor your start-up registries and current processes and more...

    p.s. you only have about 40... I have about 60.. oh yeah.
     
    TomTom2007, Nov 7, 2007
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