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Quick! How many processes are running on your computer?
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:26 pm
by Märk
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?
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:34 pm
by Bjam
47. And I'm sure most of them are unhealthy for my little laptop.
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:35 pm
by thehipcola
Hmm...I've got 41, not represented on the poll. That's the right amount then, right?
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:42 pm
by Märk
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
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:44 pm
by fodroy
i don't even know how to check on a mac.
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:56 pm
by Märk
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:44 pm
by Adam!
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:50 pm
by Tonamel
Yep. 41.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:48 am
by john m
22.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:46 am
by Spud
33
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:40 am
by stueym
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
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:55 am
by sausage boy
39, although there seem to be duplicates of the one process running.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:11 am
by Hoblit
SVCHOST is a generic name for some processes. (right?) That would be your 'duplicates.
ME?
40
I could use some cleaning up.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:16 am
by roymond
56 - lots of added crap from my company, plus I have 8 apps open right now.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:43 am
by pegor
jamest / :ps -ef|wc -l
146
jamest / :
146 baby (minus some header stuff )Whoo Hoo what do I win?
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:18 pm
by Kamakura
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:26 pm
by HeuristicsInc
35 at home, 60 here. there is a lot of crap on these work machines.
-bill
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:00 pm
by Albatross
My total is a Queen song.
39
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:37 pm
by blue
96
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:32 pm
by Märk
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:57 pm
by boltoph
For PC users only...
All that weird .exe and .dll crap...
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:22 pm
by Denyer
19!