"Processes" running
How do you know which processes that are running are needed? How many is too many? I have approx. 60 running on mine.
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Go to msconfig as described in one of the replies above and look at what is listed. Some will make sense to you as they will have names that go along with your firewall or antivirus software, audio software, etc. The ones that don't make sense you can google to see what they are. You can actually disable everything and your PC will still start but processes that you want running then will not be running. A lot of software loads a lot of unnecessary things into the start up so it pays to see what you have and disable it by unchecking it. You can always go back and check the box if you find you need what you disabled.
