general idiot question(s)

garthon · **general idiot question(s) -** 09-16-2003, 07:52 AM

How can you tell what processes you have running? I downloaded Ad-ware to clean up all those sneaky spyware programs and such. It tells me I have 40 - 46 running processes. First, is that high? Second, how do I find out what they are? When I do the ole Ctrl + Alt + Del and check the processes, it list about 40 things, but what the heck are they? I don't understand all the abbreviations. How do I figure out where they come from and what they are? Feeling utterly retarded....

**Nokia** · 09-16-2003, 02:49 PM

Sorry no idea unless I can look at ur computer personally!

**Robot** · 09-16-2003, 03:36 PM

Look at the process name, do a search on ur comp for it, then you will know what it is... If you still dont know, then http://google.com is your friend

09-16-2003, 06:35 PM

After Pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del, You Should Again Press Ctrl + Alt + Del...You Will Get A Better Result.....

**Tweety** · 09-16-2003, 06:42 PM

post em here i'll tell ya......

happy173 · 09-16-2003, 07:41 PM

Garthon, go to [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] helped me quite a bit, you can shut stuff off at start up at the cmd line with msconfig, hope this helps

garthon · 09-17-2003, 04:05 AM

Rhanks for the advice...I think I'll try these out and post if UI have more ?'s Oh one thing is 40+ processes running high?

**Speed Daemon** · 09-17-2003, 04:39 AM

I got 44 running right now...

garthon · 09-17-2003, 04:45 AM

cool thanks...I think I might just need more memory

09-17-2003, 05:01 AM

google.com is very useful