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    70 processes on idle??? is this normal??

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Uzii305, Jan 22, 2011.

  1. Uzii305

    Uzii305 Notebook Enthusiast

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    m11x at idle, task manager showing 70 processes..... is this normal?? seems like sum stuff goin on dat i dont need. any got info or know a thread that identefies these unwanted processes and can guide me how to turn them off???? thank you for your time
     
    Uzii305, Jan 22, 2011
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    Well I'm pretty sure most of the processes are system processes, but I'm not sure if there are any that you could turn off
     
    SolidMcGee, Jan 22, 2011
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    Your best option is simply to go into msconfig - check whats in startup and remove what you don't need.

    But 70 seems fine - I have 77 running right now and some of these are the hard drive protection services etc.
     
    philby, Jan 22, 2011
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    thats what i seen on my stock M11x. you can disable some stuff from starting up by going into msconfig and messing around in there. (hold windows key and "R" to bring up run command and type "msconfig")

    right now i have 40-50 processes on a fresh install i did after i installed a new HDD.
     
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    I have 94 processes running right now. It's perfectly fine, on boot I have about the same as you. The only way to downgrade it is if you do a fresh install on your hard drive but I'm waiting until I upgrade to an SSD before I do that.
     
    Crazycrossing, Jan 22, 2011
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