programs running in background

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How can I see what programs are running in the background and stop them
if I don't want them. my pc is running really slow and I thought that
might help it if I could do that. Thanks
 
Update your antivirus and antispyware software and run full system scans.

Open the Task Manager:

Ctrl + Alt + Delete
or
Ctrl + Shift + Esc
or
Right click the Taskbar | Task Manager
or
Start | Run | Type: taskmgr | Click OK

Look under Applications tab and Processes tab.


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okmcgrawfan said:
How can I see what programs are running in the background
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Ctrl-Alt-Delete brings up the Task Manager. Look at the Applications and
Proicesses tabs there to see what's running.

and stop
them if I don't want them.
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On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its Options to
see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you actually choose the
option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon" option). Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the
Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't
want to start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of running
the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell you, you
should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs you run, but
*which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no
effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do is
determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the cost
in performance is of its running all the time. You can get more information
about these at http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.

my pc is running really slow and I thought
that might help it if I could do that. Thanks
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Also be sure that you run several anti-spyware programs--at least two.
Spyware is often the cause of a slow-running computer.
 
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