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    80+ Processes, 50% CPU Usage Help!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by laptop129, Sep 9, 2009.

  1. laptop129

    laptop129 Notebook Consultant

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    My laptop is new and I unistalled a ton of junk but it still says I have over 80+ processes going on and it use 30-60% of CPU usage.

    What is going on here?
     
    laptop129, Sep 9, 2009
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  2. Amnesiac

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    Do you know the particular thing that is causing it to run like that? Or is it a combination of a lot of processes?
     
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  3. laptop129

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    I guess it is just a lot of processes... I don't have much on this thing...
     
    laptop129, Sep 9, 2009
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    better check the processes exactly. does one have exactly 50% usage? because it sounds like one process is hung on a dualcore, which results in exactly 50% cpu usage.
     
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  5. laptop129

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    I have 83 processes going right now and it changes between 10-50% cpu usage, it isn't one program.
     
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    so which ones are on top? list the proceses that go above 10%. (sort by cpu usage to see them all the time).

    maybe we know something about one or two of those processes.
     
    davepermen, Sep 9, 2009
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  7. FrankTabletuser

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    sort the process list by CPU usage and then tell us the programs which consume most of the power, or just make a few screenshots
     
    FrankTabletuser, Sep 9, 2009
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  8. laptop129

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    From Highest Usage to Lowest.

    Explorer.exe
    dwm.exe
    toshibaservicestation
    MSASCui.exe
    CCC.exe
    TCrdMain.exe
    Registration
    CLMLSvc
    RAVCpl64
    Taskeng
    taskmgr
    TPwrMain
    SynTPEnh
    MOM
    PCMAgent
    NDSTray
    TosSENotify
    winlogon
    csrss
    CFSwMgr
    TPCHWMsg
    Teco
    atiedxx
    thpsrv
    ehmsas
    TUSBsleepchargesrv
    SynTPHelper
    Smoothview
    ehtray
     
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  9. laptop129

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    I just disable about 8 programs from my startup list and I still have 79 processes...
     
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  10. davepermen

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    the amount of processes is not a problem. the only problem are the processes that use up a lot of cpu. all the others are idling and not using up any resources really..
     
    davepermen, Sep 9, 2009
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  11. DarkSilver

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    Have you adjusted your Power Option in your Control Panel?
    Since you said you're new, so, I think it should be your Power Option problem.
    Please select High Performance.

    About too many processes. If you know how to tweak then you can disable plenty of them. But it is OK to have 80-100 processes. The system won't slowdown too much just slightly.
     
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  12. laptop129

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    I heard Balanced was the best power option :O... So confused...
     
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  13. davepermen

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    jep, what you heard is right. balanced goes up to high performance when needed, drops down when not.

    just make sure you're not on "energy saving" as this can throttle your cpu quite a bit.
     
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    Yes, balanced is the best option. There's actually a thread here about how it's been proved that Balanced is actually better than High Performance. It's been proved, as Balanced had a higher score than High Performance. You see, Balanced actually allows the CPU to throttle down while idling, which not only is better for battery life, but also would have an effect on heat.
     
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  15. laptop129

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    I did a few vista tweaks, uninstalled some junk, disable a few starting programs but there has been no performance increase. I even did Windows Index and nothing changed :(...

    Also there is a green windows media circle icon on my task bar that leads me to Windows Media Center and I can't get it off... Any ideas of what this could be?
     
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  16. DarkSilver

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    I used 3rd Party Software instead of Vista/7's Power Option in the Control Panel.
    RMCLOCK FTW!
     
    DarkSilver, Sep 9, 2009
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  17. laptop129

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    Any ideas on what this taskbar icon is? It looks almost like windows media center's icon but it has a little green arrow on it pointing down. I went to my taskbar hide/show options and there is no name by it...
     
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  18. laptop129

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    It has 4 options when I right click it.
    • Open Windows Media Center
    • Get latest guide listings
    • cancel guide listings download
    • enable guide listing downloads
     
    laptop129, Sep 9, 2009
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    Just out of curiosity. How much CPU usage is your IE taking up?

    Can you take a SS of the icon, seems like a third party program if you ask me.
     
    azndragon945, Sep 9, 2009
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    Right-click on the Taskbar and select Properties... When the box opens select the Notification Area tab... In the first sub-section entitled Icons, click on the Customize button... This will give you a list of all icons that have showed up in the bottom right corner...
     
    TheBMRR, Sep 9, 2009
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  21. newsposter

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    in case no one mentioned in, look at the indexing/search options.
     
    newsposter, Sep 9, 2009
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  22. surfasb

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    I have 94 process. 30% usage. LOL

    You can sort the columns by CPU usage.
     
    surfasb, Sep 9, 2009
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  23. Trottel

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    How about some screenshots of task manager?

    Actually that was only the thread starter's position, and people in the thread proved him wrong so he changed his mind.
     
    Trottel, Sep 9, 2009
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  24. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    Vista at its best!
     
    makaveli72, Sep 9, 2009
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  25. coolguy

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    A clean install of Vista runs only 35-40 processes. So the others are all third party software's/ driver's processes.
     
    coolguy, Sep 10, 2009
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