Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Task manager Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]FiendWeathers[/m] at 8:53 am on July 10, 2009[quote]Download "What's Running?" It's like task manager, except it shows you the programs you're closing down with less confusion[/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post oridniv Posted at 8:51 am on July 10, 2009 I don't know which processes to close since I know most of them  don't need to be running and can speed up my comp..lol i'm not very tech savvy

Replies espresso8097 Posted at 5:08 pm on July 10, 2009 Quote: from Mikoto at 10:53 am on July 10, 2009 end explorer.exe ;) For awhile I had to do that and restart it to get my battery life to show up.   Closing them in the task manager will only work until the next restart, then you will have to do it again. To completely stop something from starting up you: 1.  Start menu 2.  Run 3.  type    msconfig 4.  Figure out what could be stopped in the "Services" and "Startup" tabs.   pleaseremove Posted at 9:30 am on July 10, 2009 So not tech savvy and think they should be going through and removing tasks... nononono.. Pure and simple goto add/remove programmes and remove anything you don't use. Leave the rest well alone unless you know what you are doing. Yes, you could google the process names but my guess is knowing what it is and does will not help you decide if you need it. Maxie Posted at 8:55 am on July 10, 2009 Leave any system processes running. Try Googling the names of the remaining processes to see which programs use them. If you really want to delete something, only delete one thing at a time. Restart if your system goes wonky. Your computer will not speed up very much, you don't need to do this. Mikoto Posted at 8:53 am on July 10, 2009 end explorer.exe ;) FiendWeathers Posted at 8:53 am on July 10, 2009 Download "What's Running?" It's like task manager, except it shows you the programs you're closing down with less confusion Mods1Blow2Me3Daily Posted at 8:52 am on July 10, 2009 be careful ,you can crash your computer that way. All 6 previous replies displayed.