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Thread ID: 97597 2009-02-21 03:04:00 80+ Processes, College Student=No Money, HELP? SpartanEngineerAstronaut (9872) Press F1
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749981 2009-02-21 06:58:00 Does anyone know of a software that is not only free to download but does NOT have a fee/charge to register?

My Computer is SO slow running all of these processes but i don't know which ones to stop and which ones to keep.

I've used HijackThis, and SpyBot:Search and Destroy, but neither got rid of my unnecessary processes...Simple... msconfig and google.com

Costs nothing
Myth (110)
749982 2009-02-21 08:08:00 my brother just bought a new Toshiba laptop running Vista. It takes 3 mins to boot, control alt del shows 87 processes running at bootup. As default, and I havn't even installed Nod32 onto it yet! apsattv (7406)
749983 2009-02-21 10:03:00 Its definitely going to be Norton that's slowing everything down. Uninstall it and install Avast and see if it makes a difference.

Also, what are the specs of your computer?
beeswax34 (63)
749984 2009-02-21 20:00:00 my brother just bought a new Toshiba laptop running Vista. It takes 3 mins to boot, control alt del shows 87 processes running at bootup. As default, and I havn't even installed Nod32 onto it yet!

Stepson done the same but won't let me near it yet, must have been the same deal with all the free stuff.
gary67 (56)
749985 2009-02-21 23:33:00 Speedy, i removed the Ticked applications and i also removed iTunes Helper...

But i'm still at 73 processes...

I figured i'll just list them all out here...It's processes from all users so it also includes system processes...

AEADISRV.EXE Andrea filters APO access service (32-bit)
agrsmsvc.exe Agere Soft Modem Call Progress Service
AppleMobileDeviceService.exe Apple Mobile Device Service
asghost.exe Global Virtual Card Host
Ati2evxx.exe ATI External Event Utility EXE Module
Ati2evxx.exe ATI External Event Utility EXE Module
audiodg.exe Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation
BcmSqlStartupSvc.exe BCM SQL Startup Service
CCC.exe Catalyst Control Centre: Host Application
CCC.exe Catalyst Control Centre: Host Application
csrss.exe Client Server Runtime Process
csrss.exe Client Server Runtime Process
dwm.exe Desktop Window Manager
explorer.exe Windows Explorer
firefox.exe Firefox
HPHC_Service.exe HP Health Check Service
HpqToaster.exe HpqToaster Module
hpqWmiEx.exe hpqwmiex Module
hpservice.exe hpservice
HPWAMain.exe HPWAMain Module
iPodService.exe RegMgr Module
iviRegMgr.exe RegMgr Module
lsass.exe Local Security Authority Process
lsm.exe Local Session Manager Service
LSSrvc.exe LSSrvc
mDNSResponder.exe Bonjour Service
MOM.exe Catalyst Control Centre: Monitoring program
MSASCui.exe Windows Defender Interface
notepad.exe Notepad
pdfsty.exe Dispatcher
PIFSvc.exe LiveUpdate Notice Service
pthosttr.exe Quick Launch Buttons
Scheduler.exe Scheduler
SDWinSec.exe Spybot-S&D Security Center Integration
SearchIndexer.exe Microsoft Windows Search Indexer
services.exe Services and Controller app
sidebar.exe Windows Sidebar
sidebar.exe Windows Sidebar
SLsvs.exe Microsoft Software Licensing Service
smss.exe Windows Session Manager
spoolsv.exe Spooler SubSystem App
sqlbrowser.exe SQL Browser Service EXE
sqlwriter.exe SQL Server VSS Writer
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
svchost.exe Host Process for Windows Services
SynTPEnh.exe Synaptics TouchPad Enhancements
System NT Kernel & System
System Idle Process Percentage of time the processor is Idle
taskeng.exe Task Scheduler Engine
taskeng.exe Task Scheduler Engine
taskmgr.exe Windows Task Manager
ViewpointService.exe ViewMgr
WiFiMsg.exe Module to process WiFi messages
WiFiMsg.exe Module to process WiFi messages
wininit.exe Windows Start-Up Application
winlogon.exe Windows Logon Application
WmiPrvSE.exe WMI Provider Host
SpartanEngineerAstronaut (9872)
749986 2009-02-21 23:38:00 You can disable indexing, that might speed things up.
And do a defrag too
Blam (54)
749987 2009-02-22 00:03:00 Simple... msconfig and google.com

Costs nothing



So i know which ones i want to keep and delete, but do i Check the ones to delete and then hit ok, or check the ones to keep and then hit ok...
SpartanEngineerAstronaut (9872)
749988 2009-02-22 00:05:00 You can disable indexing, that might speed things up.
And do a defrag too

Got rid of it, now i'm going to defrag...
SpartanEngineerAstronaut (9872)
749989 2009-02-22 00:22:00 You can remove /disable these from startup theyre its still there

iviRegMgr.exe RegMgr Module

SDWinSec.exe Spybot-S&D Security Center Integration

SearchIndexer.exe Microsoft Windows Search Indexer

Its probably because of HP's crap, when it runs on startup
Speedy Gonzales (78)
749990 2009-02-22 01:14:00 So i know which ones i want to keep and delete, but do i Check the ones to delete and then hit ok, or check the ones to keep and then hit ok...
In msconfig, the popup that comes up, have a look in startup. Find the exe names, then search for those exe names in google. It will generally tell you what they are for, whether they are needed on startup etc etc
Untick the un-needed ones (Quicktime, MSN messenger for example) then ok

I have found a lot of speed can be gained just by dropping the amount of startup items to those actually needed, rather than wanted.
Myth (110)
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