How many running processes on your machine?

Discussion in 'polls' started by Matt_Smi, May 29, 2005.

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How many running processes do you have on your machine?

  1. 10 or under (Don?t even know if this is possible)

    3.0%
  2. 10-20

    11.1%
  3. 21-30

    25.6%
  4. 31-40

    25.0%
  5. 41-50

    17.8%
  6. 50 or over

    17.5%
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  1. Matt_Smi

    Matt_Smi Registered Member

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    I am curious to see how many running process people here have on their machines when no other programs are running, by no other programs I mean internet browsers, chat clients, ect. Not something like an AV or FW, basically what your computer has when you first boot it up and remember minus one for the task manager. I have 19...
     
  2. bigc73542

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  3. snowbound

    snowbound Retired Moderator

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  4. beetlejuice69

    beetlejuice69 Registered Member

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    35 right now..CPU usage is between 9 and 32%
     
  5. richrf

    richrf Registered Member

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    As we speak, 36 and CPU is wavering between 2 - 4%.

    Rich
     
  6. beetlejuice69

    beetlejuice69 Registered Member

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    I`m downloading 4 movies...;)
     
  7. Grumble

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    26 - cpu goes 0 to 2, 0 to 2, sometimes to 4, like watching grass grow
     
  8. blabhead

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    this includes task manager and firefox
     

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  9. INTOXSICKATED

    INTOXSICKATED Registered Member

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    here's what i got:
     

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  10. Triple Helix

    Triple Helix Specialist

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    Not to bad for all the Programs I run!!:eek:
     

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  11. INTOXSICKATED

    INTOXSICKATED Registered Member

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    64 processes?.....wtf are you doing? :D

    just curious o_O
     
  12. Matt_Smi

    Matt_Smi Registered Member

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    haha curious here too, does you comp still run well?
     
  13. Triple Helix

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    :eek: :eek: :eek: :rolleyes:
     

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  14. Triple Helix

    Triple Helix Specialist

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    And thiso_O? That's all


    Cheers,:eek:
     

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  15. INTOXSICKATED

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    some of that is crap and i think you could disable it if you wanted. but i was just curious is all! :D
     
  16. Mele20

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    At boot I usually have 36 processes started. Most of the time I run with about 45-50 processes running.

    As for the poll wondering if less than ten at boot was even possible, Black Viper stated in an interview on TechTV that only 4-7 services are necessary when booting XP. The interview was before SP2 though. Black Viper says that 40 services start by default on XP. You'll save 12-70 megabytes of RAM and lower your boot time from about 1 minute to 20 seconds if you turn off most of those services and the only one you mustn't mess with is RPC.

    http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/46529/Tweak_Your_Way_to_a_Faster_PC.html?more=videos
    Last video on the page. (Any one here happen to know what has happened to BV)?
     
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  17. Triple Helix

    Triple Helix Specialist

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    Yea no problem and my system works perfectly fine!!
    P4 2.6 400 FSB 512kb L2, Gig of RDRAM 2 74 GiG Western Digital Raptors!!
    ;)

    Cheers,;)
     
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  18. Sputnik

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    Right now I've 28 processes running...
    (AV, Firewall, Word, Firefox, Thunderbird, Linux Console...)
     
  19. TonyKlein

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    Right now? 28

    C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
    C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32krn.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Program Files\Soft4Ever\looknstop\looknstop.exe
    C:\PROGRA~1\NSClean\BOClean\BOC412.exe
    C:\Program Files\Eset\nod32kui.exe
    C:\Program Files\RegDefend\regdefend.exe
    C:\Program Files\RegDefend\regdefend.exe
    C:\PROGRA~1\CLIPMA~1\ClipMate.exe
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync\WCESCOMM.EXE
    C:\Program Files\TechSmith\SnagIt 7\SnagIt32.exe
    C:\Program Files\TurboNote\tbnote.exe
    C:\Program Files\TechSmith\SnagIt 7\TSCHelp.exe
    C:\Program Files\FireTrust\MailWasher Pro\MailWasher.exe
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllHost.exe
    C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe
    C:\Program Files\NoteTab Light\NoteTab.exe
    C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
    C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
    C:\Program Files\Copernic Agent\CopernicAgent.exe

    At boot that should then be about 23
     
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  20. Pieter_Arntz

    Pieter_Arntz Spyware Veteran

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    26 including two browsers
     
  21. fred22

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    incl firefox
     

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  22. iwod

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    23 at startup.........
    That is including 5 from Avast
    1 from download manager - WellGet
    1 for Auto Defrag
    1 For Lclock

    So it is really only 15 if startup ONLY windows.
     
  23. stalker

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    Well, I am a minimalistic person, so usually there are only between 10 and 20 processes running (because I've set few services to Manual startup type), but when I go to internet - there are more than 30 running in the end !!


    I mean with all the e-mail & p2p client(s), security-related programs (I use Proxomitron with one of Firefox's accounts and DNSKong program - a caching/filtering and blocking psuedo-DNS server, see the related page on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSKong, oh and btw., I made the original page - heh I just needed to tell you all :rolleyes: ...), web-browsers, btw., I actually use three - IE, Firefox, and for the most secure browsing OffByOne browser, also see the Wiki page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off_By_One and optionally also the Off By One Web Browser thread that I opened on ArsTechnica forums, or very similar thread on CastleCops The most secure browser - Off By One web browser ...


    greetings, stalker
     
  24. solarpowered candle

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  25. NoneForU

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    None. I shut every thing down.
     
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