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Windows 7 How to Identify and Manage Unnecessary Processes to Speed Up My Slow Windows 7 Computer
I have a Packard Bell Istart D2314 running Windows 7. Everything runs fine but oh so slow. I have looked into the Task Manager and I find the machine is now running 72 processes and 163 Services, even on startup with no applications running. I must confess I have no idea what most of these...- Stodger
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- cleanup optimization packard bell performance process services slow pc speed up task manager windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 A lot of cpu is being used, but opening the task manager drastically reduces it. Why?
I have an Intel i7, and at times I can hear my laptop doing a lot work. I open the task manager to see which app uses so much cpu, and I'd see the cpu usage would be 100%, and 5 seconds later it'd drop down to 20%. I'm pretty sure it's not a visual bug in the task manager because I can literally...- Heera
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- application load background apps cpu usage high usage intel i7 laptop performance monitoring optimization performance tuning power management process resources task manager thermal throttling troubleshooting usage drop user experience windows windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Too much procces in task manager
Hi everyone, i have too much procces in task manager, before my pc get virus but i delete it with antivirus, but after that virus i have too much procces here and i have fps drops in games. can any one help me how to disable them or something. here is a picture Link Removed- legi2k
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- antivirus fps drops gaming help performance process task manager troubleshooting virus removal windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 rundll32.exe is opening and closing continuously
I have 2 (sometimes more) rundll32 processes shown in my taskmanager and one of them repeatedly opens and closes, while the loading icon is flickering next to my cursor. I've already tried restarting the system, Malwarebytes didn't find anything and I couldn't find anything helpful on the...- Styx141
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- cpu usage malware malwarebytes process restart rundll32 system health system performance task manager tech support windows issues windows troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 C# CMD Program to Monitor Windows Processes and Alert on New Tasks
I would like to know is it possible to make a cmd program in #C to monitor windows processes? CMD Starts and automatically sends tasklist command every 10 seconds. If new process starts during that 10 seconds it opens TXT or another CMD windows to inform me that process name and location...- Mihailo
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- automation batch file c sharp cmd command prompt development monitoring notifications process process management programming scripting software task manager tasklist text file windows windows api windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 HDD issues after updating windows
hello, after latest forced windows update i noticed issues with my secondary HDD drives. when ever i shut down the pc, my screen goes black for a few sec, then HDD's need a bit more time and spin down resulting in whole PC to be shut down same second. now after this update, my HDD's spin down...- Zfast4y0u
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- annoyance black screen data loss forced updates hardware hdd idle issues pc shutdown performance process secondary drive shutdown spin down storage tech support troubleshooting updating windows windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Fix for NVIDIA Installer Cannot Continue Error
Hey all! Recently I am facing issues with NVIDIA Installer, I tried to fix it and killed all the NVIDIA Processes. What is the solution for this as the last one surely didn't help me at all.- ronhob
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- drivers error fix graphics installer nvidia process troubleshooting update windows
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 10 When is process ID created?
Hello, I would like to know when is a process ID created? Is it when the process is created or when the process is in a "running state" ? Thanks and Regards, Mananita Das- liz08
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- process process id
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 7 Windows Update running in Windows Task Manager processes
If Windows is automatically checking for updates when I turn on my computer first thing in the morning what does this show up as in Windows Task Manager processes that are running?- spetho2001
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- automatic updates performance monitoring process startup system administration task manager windows windows update
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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4053440 - Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange...
Revision Note: V1.0 (November 8, 2017): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information regarding security settings for Microsoft Office applications. This advisory provides guidance on what users can do to ensure that these applications are...- News
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- 2017 advisory application dde documents dynamic data exchange field guidance information microsoft office process revision note safety security settings support update user tips v1.0
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- Forum: Security Alerts
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Organize My Files
So I'm on the very long digital organization project, scanning documents, photos etc. We I've been looking up articles on how to organize and name folders when you have all kinds of types of files. I found a couple good articles. How To Declutter & Organize Your Digital Files...- Axel PC
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- best practices community help computer digital decluttering digital files document management documents file management folder names folders lifehacker organization tips overwhelmed photos process productivity scan sharing ideas tech tips temp files
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 8 Windows Defender Remove something On Every Startup
Hi im using windows 8.1 Pro With media center i dont know what is it but every time i boot up the windows i see a notification right up the screen that say : Windows Defender Removing Malware i checked the quarantined item but its empty and in all detected items i see this : { Category: Tool...- Aminbhr
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- cleaning tools malware media center notifications pro version process quarantine security software removal startup issues system protection task manager troubleshooting virus windows 8.1 windows defender worm
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 BSoD random crashes, critical process died, unknown store exception
I don't know why it crashes, but every time I start up metal gear solid 5 or state of decay it crashes 5 to 10 minutes in, just started doing this 3 days ago.- How Not To Game
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- bsod crash critical error error exception gaming hardware logs performance process recovery software state of decay support system tech industry troubleshooting update windows
- Replies: 19
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Why does windows 7 take forever to shut down
When shutting windows 7 down it takes forever to actually close. Sometimes it will take three or four miniutes, are there any ways to speed the shutdown up.?- Steven Ridley
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- boot error features help issues maintenance performance process restart settings shutdown slow speed system timeout tips troubleshooting update users windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Does 'svchost.exe' being in the 'SysWOW64' folder, constitute a Virus/Malware?
I have read at multiple places that the file 'svchost.exe' should only be in the 'System32' folder. I searched my PC and this file is also present in the 'SysWOW64' folder. Does this mean that there is a virus/malware? Note:- I have also read at wikipedia that this file has one of its image...- Abhay Bhatt
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- confusion file location malware process security svchost.exe system32 syswow64 virus windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Python: get PID from window handle
hi I am trying to get PID from the foreground window, but this doesn't work because I am passing the wrong kind of handle to the function. This is under python. How do I fix this? thx! import ctypes import time time.sleep(2) handle = ctypes.windll.user32.GetForegroundWindow() print(handle)...- Mikelin
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- api coding ctypes foreground window getprocessid kernel32 pid process programming python scripting troubleshooting user32 window handle
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- Forum: Programming and Scripting
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Windows 7 Why are there so many rundll32 processes with ClearMyTracksByProcess?
Occasionally my IntExp 11 under 64bit Win 7 is very, very slow or even blocked. When I look into the TaskManager I find oftentimes lots of processes of type. See attached snapshot rundll32 for inetcpl ... ClearMyTracksProcess I did not start these processes intentionally at least not manually...- pstein
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- 64-bit autostart clearmytracksbyprocess ie11 internet explorer performance process process load rundll32 system slowdown task manager troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 _wgldummywindowfodder preventing shutdown
Sometimes when i shut down / restart my computer, this process _wgldummywindowfodder is preventing windows from shutting down. Yes i can press the end task button but i'm wondering what is this, virus scans shows nothing. And there is no such process in the process list.. Not sure where is the...- Octo
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- computer debugging error fix help issues performance process restart shutdown software support system task manager technical troubleshooting user issues virus scan windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Really (!) disable WISPTIS.EXE service (or program?)?
I disabled the "Tablet PC Input Service" in Services management console for a Desktop 64bit Win 7. I guess this is the underlying service for WISPTIS.EXE Now when I start some other tools like "Toad for MySQL" then this program is started automatically anyway. It is running as...- pstein
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- 64-bit automatic startup background processes conflict desktop disabling services input service manual launch mysql process registry service management system performance tablet toad troubleshooting user experience windows 7 wisptis
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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What is Rtmd Process in Windows?
What is Rtmd Process in Windows?- rajinfa09
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- background processes command line configuration diagnostics performance process resources rtmd services software system task management technical troubleshooting user guide utilities windows windows 10 windows 11
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Server Forums