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Originally Posted by wayne21
Hi everybody, I'll just say I don't have any idea what i'm looking in the processes that are running when I check my task manger but I don't think I need 35 of them running to lok at a web page or play a game. how do I tell what i need and what, how do I remove the others. I'm running
a boot leg copy of XP pro. ON a unit bulit with AMD-2500/ abit NF-7-V2, 512 memory. I have spybot, cws shredder, & ad-adware se personal but none of this helps. yes I need to learn more about what to do to keep the unit up and runnuig well. ANY HELP would greatly appricated.
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I assure you that that is quite normal. What you must understand is that your computer is a very complex environment and it is doing far more than you realise.
For instance, you should find a process called
explorer.exe. Wonder what that does? That's your desktop! That's what allows all those icons on your desktop to launch programs and open folders (which is also just launching a program but many don't know that). It also controls the funny window at the bottom of your screen that tells you what windows are open.
Another one you should find is
winlogon.exe. That's the program that allowed you to logon to your computer! Because you're still logged on, it is still running.
Yet another is
rundll32.exe, and this process allows your other programs to load and share DLLs, so they don't all have to duplicate their own code.
I'm sure you're beginning to see how pedantic the roles of these prcesses are and how 35 of them really isn't surprising, even when you don't appear to be running any applicatons!