Question:
My computer is really slow lately.
I have noticed a bunch of programs running in the background when I hit
CTRL>>ALT>>DEL. What can I do to reduce the number of programs running?
Answer:
There is a free program that you can run to help you determine the programs that
you can stop from running. It is called Process Explorer.
"The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always
shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their
owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends
on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the
handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process
Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the
process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that
will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs
loaded." [More]
Once you have Process Explorer installed and
running:
1. Click on the CPU column to sort processes by percentage of CPU usage.
2. Select the process that's using most or all of the CPU percentage.
3. Right click the selected item and from the options listed, select 'Google'.
This will invoke a Google search on this process which will give you enough
information to make an informed decision whether or not to stop this process.
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