Guest Helper ET Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 ive been looking around and im not really getting any clear answers anywhere. i just want to know which processes are needed...5 svchost.exes, that cant be right. id experiment around but every time i try, i end up closing a needed process and my pc activates auto shutdown thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 8 svchost.exe tasks isn't unusual at all. As long as it isn't hogging up your memory then you're just fine. The svchost.exe tasks can be used as hosts by trojans and backdoor applications which will then slow down your computer and you should see the tasks using about 50 mb of memory. but seeing as it only uses about 25 mb of memory you should be just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 If you're curious to see what is running behind all those walls of svchost.exe tasks then do the following: Click 'Start' -> 'Run' -> Type in 'msconfig' and click 'Start'/'Start Up' and you should se be able to see all the invisible applications that are running on your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mafted Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 that's about as clean as you can get it.. you really only need explorer running, but most of that other stuff is for da ininet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rabid Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 the only what i dont recognize is what mDNSResponder. it's probably nothing though. and yes, shutting down random processes is a bad idea, what especially system processes........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 the only what i dont recognize is what mDNSResponder. it's probably nothing though. and yes, shutting down random processes is a bad idea, what especially system processes........ The process mdnsresponder.exe is a component of the Apple Service, which is identified with the Bonjour for Windows software application initially utilized by iTunes because of its music sharing functionality. The mdnsresponder.exe process is a native element of the Mac OS X operating system and is associated with the MDNSNSP.DLL, which was ported for the Microsoft Windows Operating System environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Helper ET Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 cool thanks for the help guys. im gonna go look at my invisible processes now squee one problem i still have is that ones like applemobiledeviceservice.exe. keep popping up. i know i dont need it cause im constantly having to end it fore the most part though it looks like im good to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 In the msconfig menu you can shut down the applemobiledeviceservice.exe and make sure it never opens up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Helper ET Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 holy crap this is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDGEY Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 You can also manage other services with Start -> Run -> services.msc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mafted Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 it's also the place where you can deannoyify Vista by deactivating UAC.. and other stuffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xy_politics Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Get Process Explorer, free from MS, basically an expanded Task Manager. Very useful for seeing exactly what is tied to what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehauntingsoul Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I like how he goes through the trouble of blacking out the profile name so nobody can figure out his first name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 i bet its Extraterrestrial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 277: 930-933 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I think he should look like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I think he should look like this: That looks like McGriff with a receding hairline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 and essines's beard. EDIT: man 19 processes, that's pretty darn minimal. I like to keep my system pretty lean and even I have (CTRL-ALT-DEL's) 44 running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian trageskin Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I think he should look like this: That looks like McGriff with a receding hairline! yeah, definitely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 There was an interesting blog post by mark russonovich, (the author of the aforementioned Process Explorer) where he figured out a way to shut down almost all of the extra processes on XP. let me find it... http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/07/24/running-windows-with-no-services.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Here's what my Task Manager looks like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 ugly? i don't get it mr. mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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