madeline Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Hi All, I didn't know how to copy and paste all the processes I am currently showing as running so I am typing them here. Its ridiculous! The list keeps getting longer and longer. The only window I currently have open is Internet Explorer. Some of these processes are listed twice or three times. All have the exe extention at the end: BRYNSVC ipoint BrStMonW BrccMCt1 pptd4Ont wmiprvse Dropbox Serach Protection hpwuschd2 HPBootop DMAScheduler hpqste08 taskmgr LSSrvc RTHDCPL realsched kbd ehtray kbd (second time this one is listed) ccsvchst NVSVC32 HPZipm jussched EverioService iTuneshelper svchost (Local Service) issch Smss SVChost (System. This one is listed twice under System) csrss winlogon services lsass msmsgs svchost (System) svchost (Network Service) svcshost spoolsv arpurmsg bagent AppleMobileDevice (System) I don't even have an Apple Mobile Device arservice MDNSResponder ehrecvr ehSched ccsvchst CALMAIN jqs bcont DiscStreamHub explorer ehmsas dllhost alg wuauclt iPodService DISCover wmiprvse hpqtra09 taskmgr DISCUpdMgr i am not very computer savvy so any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
poru Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 This does not seem like an unduly large number of processes (I am currently running about 80). You can find out more about what you've got by d/l and running a program such as Starter by Codestuff. It hasn't been updated in dogs' years, but it works just fine. Click on the "processes" tab and you will learn more than you could ever want to know about your running processes. A seperate pane shows all modular info; right-click an entry, and you will get a description of the process at the bottom of the page. There are options including "disable" and "remove". Needless to say.... Something like this might at least relieve your mind about what's running. I am absolutely no expert, but I CAN tell you that multiple instances of 'svchost' is to be expected; it runs in several different contexts. As I understand, they allow '.dll' files (which can't launch in Windows) to function as '.exe' files. I almost understand that -- bottom line, they are necessary. Link to post Share on other sites
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