Quick! How many processes are running on your computer?

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:26 pm

Windows users, hit ctrl-alt-del, others do whatever you have to, and see how many processes are currently running.

BONUS: Do you know what all of them are doing?

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:34 pm

47. And I'm sure most of them are unhealthy for my little laptop.

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:35 pm

Hmm...I've got 41, not represented on the poll. That's the right amount then, right?

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:42 pm

TheHipCola wrote:Hmm...I've got 41, not represented on the poll. That's the right amount then, right?

Oops, worded badly. Should say "41 or more"

Keep in mind that (in windows anyway) task manager counts itself as a process, so subtract one task from the total

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:44 pm

i don't even know how to check on a mac.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:56 pm

fodroy wrote:i don't even know how to check on a mac.

Fluffy? Care to explain? Would be nice to get the Mac users in this too.

BTW: I just tried something- I killed (or properly shut down) all processes that are not essential to Windows operation, and am down to 19 tasks. It freed up ~200MB of ram, too. Of course, if I want to hook up my camera or MP3 player to transfer files, use the remote for my TV tuner, or have antivirus protection running, 19 tasks is not realistic.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:44 pm

27. Would be much less if I shut down googletalk, acrobat, winamp, firefox, explorer, quicktime, daemon tools, etc etc etc. The purposes of 9 of them elude me, so I guess I fail the bonus round.

Tonamel · Post by **Tonamel** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:50 pm

Yep. 41.

john m · Post by **john m** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:48 am

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stueym · Post by **stueym** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:40 am

63....got to love the IBM bloatware that IBM laptops run in the interests of protecting your security and hard drive

God Bless 1GB RAM

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:55 am

39, although there seem to be duplicates of the one process running.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:11 am

SVCHOST is a generic name for some processes. (right?) That would be your 'duplicates.

ME?

40

I could use some cleaning up.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:16 am

56 - lots of added crap from my company, plus I have 8 apps open right now.

pegor · Post by **pegor** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:43 am

jamest / :ps -ef|wc -l
146
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146 baby (minus some header stuff )Whoo Hoo what do I win?

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:18 pm

44 and I'd really like to know what they are doing... so how do I find out?
Some are really obvious, but others worry me. A lot.

This is a worthy silly poll.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:26 pm

35 at home, 60 here. there is a lot of crap on these work machines.
-bill

Albatross · Post by **Albatross** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:00 pm

My total is a Queen song.

39

blue · Post by **blue** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:37 pm

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:32 pm

Kamakura wrote:44 and I'd really like to know what they are doing... so how do I find out?
Some are really obvious, but others worry me. A lot.

This is a worthy silly poll.

Just type the suspicious process name into Google. (ie. lhidsvc.exe)

You'll find several pages that explain what it is. (valid system app, add-on for 3rd party hardware, malware, etc)

After you do this, you will be one step closer to knowing your computer in the biblical sense.

boltoph · Post by **boltoph** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:57 pm

For PC users only...

All that weird .exe and .dll crap...

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:22 pm

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Quick! How many processes are running on your computer?