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When I open up the task manager on my pc it says that there are 40 processes running and that is without any applications opened. Can that be right? How many processes should be running? Is there anyway I can run only the processes that I need in order to improve performance?
Thanks

That all depends on what you have installed. Things such as Anti-virus programs and firewalls that are running in the background are all counted, even though you may not see them.

I myself have 37 processes running. If you are not experiencing any trouble, I wouldn't worry about it. But if you are having any problems, such as a slow computer, let me know and we can help you with that.

Ok thanks

running windows xp mce and my antivirus, firewall etc. I have 55 processes justin! just as computerwiz said it depends on the software you have.

i'm running avg and comodo firewall and i only have 28 processes but i tweaked my windows and as computerwiz said if you don't have any problems then don't worry about it

genie3251

if your pc is running slow just close all programs opened by your account... and only leave running explorer.exe and taskmgr.exe.... but dont mess with the system or other services just close the programs opened when you open your account on XP and it should speed up.. if not then maybe there is a virus running in your pc disguised as a System program.. in that case formatting your is the best option... those kind of viruses are hardly found by Antivirus

thats why we have a very talented security team here

genie3251