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    Number of processes and CPU usage on your laptop

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by johnny0001, Jan 30, 2007.

  1. johnny0001

    johnny0001 Notebook Consultant

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    I have a T60 with 14" screen, 2GB of RAM, and 2.0ghz C2D.

    Upon Windows startup, I see about 55 processes running and the CPU usage leaps up to 12%, even up to 22% on occassions. Is this normal?

    It fluctuates back to 1% but I never had CPU usage jump to 22% when I'm not opening up any program. 458MB used.

    The only non-preinstalled software I installed is MS Office 2003.

    How many processes does your laptop have on startup and what range of CPU usage does it fluctuate?
     
    johnny0001, Jan 30, 2007
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  2. jetstar

    jetstar Notebook Deity

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    On startup, I have around 47 processes or so. My CPU usage is usually 4% or so, sometimes lower.

    Use msconfig to kill any processes that run on startup.
     
    jetstar, Jan 30, 2007
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    39 processes, usually CPU load is 0-7% depending on what I am doing.
     
    iatacs19, Jan 30, 2007
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    I have 75 processes, why is mine so high? I uninstalled Symantec and the clinet security thing. I also added alot of stuff such as office, aim, firefox, slingplayer, clean access agent, thunderbird.
     
    mbrockma, Jan 30, 2007
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    dietcokefiend DietGreenTeaFiend

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    18 processes, 0% usage, 47456KB ram in use

    Windows Fundamentals :)
     
    dietcokefiend, Jan 30, 2007
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    Wow, dietcokefiend, you must have stripped it down to the bare minimum. I'm not sure if I've ever seen anything that low...

    I have 37, although, I have not been very restrictive. If I wanted, I might be able to get it down to 30 or so without losing much of what I need started with Windows.

    Matt
     
    Matt, Jan 30, 2007
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    paqtrick22 Notebook Evangelist

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    can anyone kind enough to list down some processes that are NOT necessary or should be switched off? hehe i'm tired trying to find those .exes running on my background if they should be run or not :)
     
    paqtrick22, Jan 31, 2007
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    Strawbs Notebook Guru

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    Billp WinPatrol runs in the systen tray and shows what services run at startup and monitors the system for startup additions. It also shows active services and gives the option to shutdown and disable processes from starting.

    The above link highlights the Plus version - but look around the site for the free copy! it's just as good.

    BTW: most startup processes that link back to the "program files" folder in explorer can be stopped! some will need to run to enable laptop essentials, like touchpad, hot keys, etc.
     
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    Its a embedded style version of Windows XP that was released to work on a pentium 1 class processor, and at least 64 megs of ram, 128 recommended. :D Not much works until you start adding drivers and programs though. lol
     
    dietcokefiend, Jan 31, 2007
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  10. johnny0001

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    I reformatted and installed Counterspy and now I have 67 processes running and it ranges from 0-5% which sounds more reasonable.

    Still debating whether or not I should install antivirus software.
     
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    I run nod32, used to run Mcafee 7.0 until yesterday.

    I did a clean install and only installed drivers, almost none of the thinkpad/lenovo applications. just the screen display stuff, battery meter, and other essentials.
     
    iatacs19, Jan 31, 2007
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    just so I'm clear on this: by virtue of modifying items in the "Startup" tab of MSCONFIG, the system changes to "Selective Startup"-- as noted in the "General" tab,-- correct? After making a few adjustments, I was prompted to reboot, and once back in Windows a dialogue pops up informing that the system must be running in either "diagnostic startup" or "selective startup", and I just ticked the box to ignore this warning in the future....................I would imagine I'm doing this correctly, no?
     
    npish, Feb 1, 2007
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