ID:183074
 Nov 1 2007, 11:07 am
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Okay, I'm running XP Home. I use the task managers nice little tab 'Processes' every time I boot up my PC. I shut down all the unwanted processes that won't crash my PC to get the best performance out of it that I can. Well, I would like to know if there's a way to figure out what program is using the process. Or, if there's a way to locate where the process is being run from. I have a few processes that I have no idea where they came from or what they're being used for, but they were never there before. Can somebody help me out here?
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Nov 1 2007, 11:20 am
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Danial.Beta
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Try spybot. If you enable the advanced options they have a startup editor that will give you extra information on each item and a task manager that lists file locations and whatnot.
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Well, you can configure what starts up with the msconfig tool. That tool also provides the location of the processes, so that should give you a pretty good idea.
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Interesting, if you're smart enough to know what processes to kill, you're smart enough for this little trick.
Go into your start menu and click 'run'. Type in 'msconfig' (without quotes) and press okay. You'll get a nice little box. This box is NOT a toy, do NOT mess with it. You will see the two back tabs contain the words "Services" and "Startup". These are your starting processes you kill every morning. First with Services, this is the important one. Select the tab, then jump down to the check box "Hide all Microsoft Processes". Scrolling through all that is probably boring and time consuming. There you'll see a list of services used by programs, kill the ones which aren't all that necessary. If the program needs it, it can initialize it when the program starts. Last with Startup, this one is not so important. I've found that nothing but my virus software and maybe WLM, is useful in this tab. The rest are just processes programs load at startup to make the boot process longer but their initialization two seconds quicker. It's a pain in the rectum, I know. Kill the unnecessary ones again and Apply->Okay it. Once that's done, you'll be prompted to reboot the computer. Provided you haven't messed anything up, that shouldn't be a problem. | |
Yeah, I know about this little trick, I just completely spaced on it. I've taken care of the problem, though I need to defragment my system. But, you should encourage playing around on a computer. I know just about everything you can do on a XP system, that doesn't have to do with a special language, I learned it all from playing around, no one around here is computer savvy ;_;
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Govan wrote:
I learned it all from playing around, no one around here is computer savvy ;_; I would'nt say that. Some people here are good at using computers but merely are humble. | |