Too many unwanted processes!

Is there anyway someone can help me clean out my processes so that the number of 105 could drop to something more comfortable?

 

See the following NBR pages for futher assistance. You will want to cut down your services and startup programs.

Master Guide: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=177399

Tips and Tricks: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532

Good luck.

 

The mere fact that there are a lot of processes running is neither here nor there - is there some particular reason why the number of processes should be trimmed, such as a noticeable loss of performance?

 

Yeah, i'm trying to get the best performance out of my laptop so doing away with some unneeded processes should help somewhat. The problem is that I don't know which ones are safe to remove.

 

The number of processes running is not a good indicator of system performance.

 

Computers today can handle quite a workload and still be plenty fast.

I wouldn't base system performance on the # of processes.

 

Well I can't qute agree.
When you speak about 5, maybe 10 processes, it may not affect performance much - but when you are lookign at 105 processe, my Vista Business (Sony SZ) can run (doing notng) with only 62 prcesses - less than 70 is common, and my mother on a Medion laptop with Vista Home Premium has even less.

So excessive amounts of processes will slo down a computer - mainly at startup.

First thing:
Get CCleaner, thsi allows you to manage which processes start at startup. Don't mess with anything you don't know!
But get rid of things like:
quicktas
realshedule
adobe quick start
itunes (??)

i.e. all the software that you don'T need running...

google update (???)

Have a good look.

If you are not sure whether to disable something - CCleaner can't disable your actual system, but rather leave it - or change justone setting and then check whether the software in question has been affected after a restart.

If you know what you are doing you can also reduce system drain by disabling slect services (be very careful about hat though)
For example - the Adobe file tracking - I don't need it, so I got rid of it.
Same goes fo Roxio peer to peer support (got the software form my BlackBerry).
I don't need it (or see no use for it) so I disabled it.

But keep away from services unless you kno what you're doing - also, if you're not sure, restart and see what the effects are maybe write don what you've hanged.

(Although this worked for me, and was/is safe on my laptop I take no responsebility for the functionality ad safety of your laptop)

Oh - and your antvirus is important too. Kaspersky only runs 2 processes, I think CA runs at least 8....

 

That doesn't necessarily follow. Try this analogy: you can improve the performance of your car by removing weight from it; however, taking the gas tank off merely because it's one of the heavier parts of the car is almost guaranteed not to increase the performance of your car. Removing processes just because they're there is exactly the same sort of thing.

On top of which, you're more likely to see a performance hit from processes that are running under apps you've started up than from standard, normal background systems processes. Also, a lot of the System processes that you see running are actually running worker threads which the System itself keeps available, in part, to carry the load of doing user processing tasks. Finally, a lot of system processes run at a lower priority than many user-initiated processes, so you're more likely to get results by pruning back on what you're asking the system to run.

You'd probably see the best performance gains if you checked very carefully to see what you're running, and how optimized the apps you're running are.

 

Just uninstall everything you don't use.

 

I think one should rephrase this. (e.g. I don't "use" the HDD shock protection - but it runs and works, protecting my HDD)

I'd say unistall anything you can identify and know that you do not need.

Or CCleaner...