task manager / to many progs; ??

[harry 48]

do you think i have to many progs; opening on startup , if so which ones should i

 stop opening up , harry

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[kpac]

Are these processes or startups?

Try something......Use Windows Explorer and search for MDM.EXE. If you find it, post where it is located.

[harry 48]

they must be processes , i posted a new photo of task manager are they start ups

and one of MDM.EXE

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[Karnac]

Try going to Start>Run>msconfig>Startup and uncheck all the programs you don't require to run at startup.

I start with my only my AV program and ctfmon running.

[BC_Programmer]

I win, I have 1 startup.

TaskSwitchXP  great program, BTW.

[Karnac]

Showoff 

That must take Harry 15 minutes to load.

[BC_Programmer]

well, my vista running laptop has 53 processes right now; loads up pretty fast.

None of the processes look malicious, either.

[Dusty]

Hi Harry.

Only you can decide what processes should auto start on boot, you have to decide if you want them running.   You seem to have processes  which could started only when you need to run them, perhaps from a desktop shortcut.

For example see what PCPitStop has to say about UpdateChecker.exe here.  But if you want UpdateChecker to run that's over to you.

Also GoogleUpdate.exe info is here..

Put the process into Google and you're about sure to find info as to its purpose.

Good luck & Happy Easter to you & yours.

[harry 48]

hi dusty , updatecheker was given to me here and its great you dont have to go looking for 80% of progs.

in my processes post with 3 photos there are 41 but they are only in my pc and on my screen but not running until i start them

the other photo is applications there are 3 running

am i right so far

there are 2 processes i never use , bt help notifier , and anything goggle how can it remove them , i only go to goggle to goggle

went to my start up box and i have it cleard out so i win , BCP

pc loaded in 60 secs

my cpu usage is 75/90 % , harry

[BC_Programmer]

if they are in the process list, Harry, they are running.

is your CPU usage 75%/90% all the time?

[Broni]

my cpu usage is 75/90 %

Download Process Explorer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Unzip ProcessExplorer.zip, and double click on procexp.exe to run the program.
Click on View > Select Colunms.
In addition to already pre-selected options, make sure, the Command Line is selected, and press OK.
Go File>Save As, and save the report as Procexp.txt.
Attach the file to your next reply.

[Dusty]

updatecheker was given to me here and its great you dont have to go looking for 80% of progs.

As BCP advised, it's in your Processes list so it's starting when you boot, don't
understand why it has to be running all the time.

there are 2 processes i never use , bt help notifier , and anything goggle how can it remove them , i only go to goggle to goggle

I didn't mean that Google could remove unwanted processes but that if you enter the process name into Google you will surely get information as to what its purpose is.

If you want to prevent a process from starting use MSConfig Services and/or Startup and untick the box(es) alongside the process name.

[harry 48]

downloaded  would not work , got this from running of the web , trying to download again

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[BaRR]

You said you wanted the google toolbar gone, the easiest way to remove this is:

Start>Control Panel>Add or Remove Programs

And you should be able to uninstall the Google Toolbar.

Anything else you don't want should also be removable from there as well. If you want to keep certain programs, but you don't want them to load when your computer boots, you need to remove their startup entry. You can ask the people here, I'm sure they'd be happy to teach you how to disable them at startup, if you don't already know.

A stock installation of windows comes with several programs already listed for booting on startup, such as explorer.exe and winlogon.exe. Files such as these, and many others are core system files, and you should not be worried about having too many as long as they are programs you actually want, or the system needs them to run. That is, unless it is affecting your computer's speed.

[harry 48]

barr thank you , i have start up cleared out i can use  add and remove , i'm asking which ones i can stop or take out of processes etc to cut down my cpu and quicken up my pc , not that its very slow , harry