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222724 2004-03-15 20:42:00 With several XP machines to lookafter, I confused by the number of process and what their cryptic titles are about.

With no apps running, I seem to have nearly 20 processes up and running.

Is there a link available as to what there are. Cleaned a friends PC last night, saw he had one procss dedicated to getting the PC to a porn site - go in now.exe (I think it was titled)

I need some enlightenment.

Thanks.................. John W
John W (523)
222725 2004-03-15 20:51:00 For all your start up and processes needs Pacs Portal (www.pacs-portal.co.uk)

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
222726 2004-03-15 21:02:00 Another good website to visit is www.blackviper.com tommy (2826)
222727 2004-03-15 21:10:00 Note that Black Viper's website appears to be down at the moment. tommy (2826)
222728 2004-03-15 21:12:00 Sorry John, the first link wasn't what I was after but this one may help as well Sysinfo (http://www.sysinfo.org/).

The Black Viper site Tommy has posted is excellent. As per usual, back up before making major changes.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
222729 2004-03-15 21:23:00 And here is the one I was thinking about originaly: TaskList (www.answersthatwork.com)

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
222730 2004-03-16 12:54:00 Go to Gibson Research (http://grc.com/). He has Shoot the messenger( not MSM) and UnPlug-n-play (Universal PnP). Two sevices that I disable immediately and should never have been enabled in the first place. mikebartnz (21)
222731 2004-03-19 11:14:00 My XP is running 31 processes at the moment. A lot of them are futile as the Fire Wall stops them getting out.
From time to time I go through the msconfig start up file & deselect unecessary items.
Mzee (158)
222732 2004-03-19 11:17:00 Mine shows 20 processes, incl the browser to type this, firewall and avg. Usually 20 - 24 depending on what I am doing.

J
:D
Jester (13)
222733 2004-03-19 19:13:00 >>> how many Processes should there be running

Well my machine has 35 processes running, so obviously that's the answer to your question. 35. (based on the fact that my machine functions flawlessly, and is set up exactly how it should be)

:D :D :p :p

Mike.
Mike (15)
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