Posted: 8/6/2006 11:07:29 AM EDT
| I have "extender resource monitior" on the lower left bar on puter screen. occasionally it says my systems resources are low and i should close some programs. I dont have any open as far as my puter illiterate ass knows. what gives? |
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I've got 31 running on this machine right now, with only 385 RAM (obviously NOT my gaming machine), including Task Manager (to check), Outlook Express and IE Explorer (to be here) with only 2% CPU usage. I could shut down a few more if I need to. Any processes runnning for User Name (as opposed to System) can probably safely unchecked in msconfig (except AntiVirus software and such). How long since your last reboot? Windows tends to accumulate stuff it's supposed to automatically delete. |
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Maybe this can get you started; Go to: Start Run Open: MSCONFIG Go to the Startup tab This is all stuff I deactivated on mine (some are dead registry links that I haven't got around to taking out yet) - you definately don't need them to run at startup: Direct CD ASMonitor AT Notes caissdt edonkey2000 ppActive detection istsvc msmsgs nerocheck regclean drgtodsc spysweeper superantispyware sacc realsched registrybooster viewmgr winampa yahoomessenger adobegammaloader adobereaderspeedlaunch metacafe microsoft office one note 2003 quick launch microsoft office quicken You can shut any of them off that you have, then reboot and your system will work normally. You probably have other programs running that I don't have - you should post what you have left. Even with all that stuff turned off, I still have 44 running processes and am using 418mb (although I do have a bunch of stuff running that I don't "need", but i want. |