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Quarryman
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So many processes!
#8861032 - 09/01/08 02:53 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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These are all the process that pop up on my Windows Task Manager. Does anyone know what they are? Can I get rid of some of them?
Edited by Quarryman (09/01/08 02:58 PM)
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Legoulash
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Re: So many processes! [Re: Quarryman]
#8861112 - 09/01/08 03:06 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Id figure Firefox, Ipod, Google, I tunes, winamp for sure are unneeded.
there are better sites to post these findings. Google searching the names of them will tell you exactly what they are.
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RuNE
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Re: So many processes! [Re: Quarryman]
#8861333 - 09/01/08 03:47 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Looks normal to me. You might wanna uninstall google toolbar, and just get the firefox google plugin. The toolbar is just a waste of browser space and resources. I'm assuming you're using the new and lame AVG 8. It takes up way too much ram, as you can see (58mb?), so I suggest looking around for a different anti-virus that uses less resources. Are you on a laptop?
Anyway, you're fine if you've got more than a gig of ram (which is standard now).
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Re: So many processes! [Re: Legoulash]
#8861348 - 09/01/08 03:48 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Go into msconfig -> start up and disable all the apple, google, itunes and any other obvious application from starting when windows loads. Then reboot.
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Re: So many processes! [Re: RuNE]
#8861361 - 09/01/08 03:51 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
RuNE said: I'm assuming you're using the new and lame AVG 8. It takes up way too much ram, as you can see (58mb?), so I suggest looking around for a different anti-virus that uses less resources. Are you on a laptop?
The new AVG is such a disappointment...it has crashed my machine twice. I got rid of it and am using Avast now...excellent program.
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RuNE
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Re: So many processes! [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#8861520 - 09/01/08 04:13 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Most of my PC's are still running avg 7.5. Probably gonna stick to that until updates stop. Avast is not bad.
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Re: So many processes! [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#8861524 - 09/01/08 04:14 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Gobblin said: Go into msconfig -> start up and disable all the apple, google, itunes and any other obvious application from starting when windows loads. Then reboot.
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Re: So many processes! [Re: zouden]
#8861885 - 09/01/08 05:19 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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You can get rid of mdnsresponder.exe too. It's part of the Bonjour service that comes with Itunes or Adobe CS3.
http://download.gizmoproject.com/jasmine/TurnOffBonjour.exe
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Quarryman
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Quote:
Gobblin said: Go into msconfig -> start up and disable all the apple, google, itunes and any other obvious application from starting when windows loads. Then reboot.
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Penguarky Tunguin said: You can get rid of mdnsresponder.exe too. It's part of the Bonjour service that comes with Itunes or Adobe CS3.
http://download.gizmoproject.com/jasmine/TurnOffBonjour.exe
Done and done.
I just downloaded AVG today. I'll probably switch to a different anti-virus since it uses so much memory.
Thanks everybody.
Edited by Quarryman (09/01/08 06:24 PM)
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Re: So many processes! [Re: Quarryman]
#8862258 - 09/01/08 06:39 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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Nancy, just disable all the crapware idiots like Apple and Adobe install on your computer without asking you.
I too am sick of every stupid driver/device/software thing running a sepperate process at startup without asking me.
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