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Weekend Open Forum: How many processes are running right now?

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  1. jonelsorel Newcomer, in training Posts: 66

    No sh!t, win 95? Care to mention what those 23 are?
    jonelsorel, Aug 13, 2011
    #61

  2. coolazeem Newcomer, in training Posts: 20

    45 processes right now...but never pay attention to them nowadays
    coolazeem, Aug 13, 2011
    #62

  3. aspleme TechSpot Member Posts: 47

    67, which would have driven me crazy back when I was on XP with 2 gigs of DDR memory. With 8 gigs of DDR 3... doesn't phase my system and I'm only using about 1 gig of what I've got. I still want to knock down some of the useless processes, but I haven't bothered to check them since they don't really bog down the system.
    aspleme, Aug 13, 2011
    #63

  4. Guest

    70 Processes
    Guest, Aug 13, 2011
    #64

  5. yowanvista Newcomer, in training Posts: 76

    48 atm
    I hate useless things using CPU time
    yowanvista, Aug 13, 2011
    #65

  6. H3llion TechSpot Paladin Posts: 611   +24

    48 with iTunes nad Firefox loaded, 1.11GB vram.
    H3llion, Aug 13, 2011
    #66
     

  7. BMfan TechSpot Guru Posts: 373   +7

    Average about 35
    BMfan, Aug 13, 2011
    #67

  8. colinf Newcomer, in training Posts: 39

    65

    i could kill a few if it bothered me, keyboard/mouse/phone software, but im not on xp anymore so why bother
    colinf, Aug 13, 2011
    #68

  9. Guest

    About 48 & i never pay attention to it.
    Guest, Aug 13, 2011
    #69

  10. spikester48661 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 103

    26 runing and alls well :)
    spikester48661, Aug 13, 2011
    #70

  11. Burty117 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,912   +89

    Well if I turn everything I want to you off (I have an Asus Crosshair IV, It comes with alot of start up options!) then I can get as low as 52, but with Firefox open and all the rest of the stuff I use it sits around 64 Proccesses :)
    Burty117, Aug 13, 2011
    #71

  12. TomSEA TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,970   +139

    Damn good weekend question. I'm running 57 right now. And I know I can shut down quite a few of those. In fact...leave me alone, I'm working on this. :)
    TomSEA, Aug 13, 2011
    #72

  13. Guest

    101 now (2 Firefox and 1 Opera)
    Guest, Aug 13, 2011
    #73

  14. Benny26 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,515   +36

    57 at the moment. I go to about 75 on a busy day.
    Benny26, Aug 13, 2011
    #74

  15. Kralnor Newcomer, in training Posts: 36

    92 right now with 25 of those processes belonging to Chrome.
    Kralnor, Aug 13, 2011
    #75

  16. Relic TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,368   +11

    Currently sitting at 70, I tend to not over think it as much as I used to but still keep an eye on it from time to time. On my older systems I'm more prudent however.
    Relic, Aug 13, 2011
    #76

  17. Guest

    56 but could do with a lot less
    Guest, Aug 13, 2011
    #77

  18. lopdog TechSpot Maniac Posts: 378

    121 right now. I remember spending a lot of time optimizing windows (98 and XP, that is) and google terms like "how to reduce memory usage" or "tweak windows". Those days are probably gone. I guess I would use a lot more time tweaking than I'd actually save.
    lopdog, Aug 13, 2011
    #78

  19. Guest

    3.5 :))
    cmon ...
    Guest, Aug 13, 2011
    #79

  20. Atham TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 517

    58
    Atham, Aug 13, 2011
    #80
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