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183002 2003-10-14 03:41:00 When I turn on XP I am told too many programs are running....but I can't see any.....??? olldaddy76 (2539)
183003 2003-10-14 04:03:00 What tells you that you are running too many programs? Are you getting a message about low resources?

To see what is running in the background, right click on a free area on the taskbar and select "Task manager", then click on the processes tab. All of those programs are running in the background.

Depending on what your error messages says exactly, you may want to reduce the number of unnecessary programs loading automatically on startup.

Can you post back with more specific details.

Cheers
Jen
Jen C (20)
183004 2003-10-14 05:26:00 Thanks JEN..your reference to TASK MANAGER has enlightened me...I have often wondered what it meant... olldaddy76 (2539)
183005 2003-10-14 09:51:00 Try Ctrl + Shift + Esc

Then.. Click on the Process tab to see all the open apps (Some system and are critical, others are not)
Chilling_Silently (228)
183006 2003-10-14 10:26:00 Sorry Jen, I missed the part where you said "click process tab" :8} Chilling_Silently (228)
183007 2003-10-14 12:39:00 > Try Ctrl + Shift + Esc

*Memorises for later use.* I was still doing ctrl+alt+del to get the taskmanager, and it would always bring up a menu which added an extra 2 clicks to get there. Thanks for the tip ;)
PoWa (203)
183008 2003-10-14 22:01:00 ok i been on this track before i have 29 things in my processors list,

how many is normal?

beetle
beetle (243)
183009 2003-10-14 23:23:00 I have 38 at this moment. godfather (25)
183010 2003-10-14 23:57:00 17 on one computer, about 38 on another. Both XP. mejobloggs (264)
183011 2003-10-15 00:31:00 > how many is normal?
>

Depends on your OS, amongst other things.

What programs do you have running?

Try:
Start
-Run
type in:
msconfig
click on the Autorun tab (Maybe called startup)

There's a list of all programs set to run upon boot of your PC.

Some run and quit after a second or two, others keep running the whole time using your PC's system resources.

Post back some of the things you have in that list :-)

Cheers


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
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