How many Processes on boot?

cu3ed · 2 Feb 2011 at 19:34

With a couple of things open I seem to have about 70 processes running, and using about 1.6gb of ram..is this about right?..seems a lot!

Pho · 2 Feb 2011 at 20:09

You're going to need to provide more information that that.. which OS, 32/64 bit, a list of the processes (screenshot of taskmanager or tasklist from command prompt) etc. If you're on Vista/Windows 7 they aim to use all your free memory rather than leave it wasted doing nothing.

I have about 100 on startup on Windows 7 64-bit so I'm sure 70 is fine.

asim18 · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:32

My god

. I have 41 on startup. Using Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.

I thought that was too much as I have all the logitech setpoint, microsoft lifecam and google updater crap running at startup.

100 is just insane lol! That's 60 more EXEs than me!!! SIXTY!

Tonester007 · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:55

Just checked my task manager and I have 36 running, using 1.45 Gb (Win7 Ultimate 64bit).
Do you have a lot of stuff in your taskbar?
Or a lot of programs set to check for updates automatically?
Are you running a lot of services also?

Raumarik · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:57

asim18 said:
My god . I have 41 on startup. Using Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.

I thought that was too much as I have all the logitech setpoint, microsoft lifecam and google updater crap running at startup.

100 is just insane lol! That's 60 more EXEs than me!!! SIXTY!

Are you showing processes from all users though? I'd be shocked if it was that low if you were.

413x · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:01

about 80 for me, razer software, my docks, dropbox, g15 keyboard software, remote desktop, gadgets, multi monitor software, all add up to over a minute of boot time on 2x velociraptors in RAID 0

metalmackey · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:06

I have 68 running now with IE and live messenger running. I don't think I had as low as 41 even with a clean install with no antivirus ect installed.

SiriusB · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:18

88 here and I have a fair amount of crap running!

Still, my Windows 7 64 is as responsive as the day I installed it.

I have found that in general Windows 7 has more processes and a lot more RAM being used compared to XP. Which is not surprising. Windows 7 is doing more and utilizes all your expensive RAM to make it such a snappy OS.

mod1fied · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:28

I have 66 running now, 9 of them are Chrome.

WingZero30 · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:32

SiriusB said:
I have found that in general Windows 7 has more processes and a lot more RAM being used compared to XP. Which is not surprising. Windows 7 is doing more and utilizes all your expensive RAM to make it such a snappy OS.

True. I am running 51 processes and ram consumption is 1.25GB out of 4GB in dual channel (30%). When I had 3GB ram, my ram usage was around 780-900MB :confused:

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zetec452 · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:33

My laptop has 40 processes and 1GB ram used. Don't really have much on it at the moment.

manbearpig · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:36

64 processes at the minute using 1.9GB of 6GB RAM.

thingemajib · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:49

104. This laptop seems to have quite a few drivers that come with running processes (touchscneen, digitizer, fingerprint reader, touchpad, quick launch keys etc.) :s

asim18 · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:03

Halfmad said:
Are you showing processes from all users though? I'd be shocked if it was that low if you were.

Yeah.

BTW the process counter in task manager shows the same number, whether "show processes from all users" is checked or not

Sin_Chase · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:21

asim18 said:
Yeah.

BTW the process counter in task manager shows the same number, whether "show processes from all users" is checked or not

Depends.

If you load a task manager with admin rights from the get go it will. Changes if you use the UAC method.

Raumarik · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:24

asim18 said:
Yeah.

BTW the process counter in task manager shows the same number, whether "show processes from all users" is checked or not

Not on my version of Windows 7, even with an admin account when I select to show all processes from all users I get an extra two!

asim18 · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:26

Hmm.. Ok fair enough. Only ever used Win 7 Pro with UAC turned right down.

M1k3H · 3 Feb 2011 at 02:22

windows 7 64bit, 2.2gb ram used, around 70processes but that's with theme applications, firefox, msn, spotify etc.

laptop has windows 7 32bit, msi u100 1gb ram in total, 735MB of ram used, with skype, msn open..

zebedeee · 3 Feb 2011 at 02:28

i currently have 39 processes on startup and thats using 32 bit windows 7....

your comp sounds like my fathers after he's been surfing the net for a couple of hours accepting any box that pops up,

sounds like you need a little more computer knowledge when surfing the net, also get ccleaner to clean your c drive occasionally, ccleaner is a free program and u D/L it free from http://www.ccleaner.com

mrk · 3 Feb 2011 at 09:25

asim18 said:
My god . I have 41 on startup. Using Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.

I thought that was too much as I have all the logitech setpoint, microsoft lifecam and google updater crap running at startup.

100 is just insane lol! That's 60 more EXEs than me!!! SIXTY!

It's not really insane at all, gone are the days of having less processes = Better. Modern OS + Modern Hardware = Careface.

Resources are supposed to be allocated and at the ready at all times, unlike in the XP days where they were sitting around idling..."free".