So my computer isn't great, but for a cheapo office computer, it runs Counter-Strike, Flight Sim, Gary's Mod, Halo, and a few others pretty well. Lately she's been slowing down, and I blame it on this:



Why are there so many and what can I safely shut down without killing my computer?

 

Here is a link to explain what svchost.exe is. You would need to use Process Explorer to determine which services are running under each instance of svchost.exe.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...is-it-running/

You can then disable any services that you don't need.

 

After a short glance I see you can get rid of the java update scheduler, the hp printer stuff and zune stuff. Also the msnmsgrgr (uless you have it open when you took the screenshot) and the real player scheduler thingy. I could look harder but just got back from the neighbors where we had a few Christmas drinks so I don't feel like looking at the other items. Google Black Vipers services and you can adjust accordingly.
I take it you're running Vista? If not, that's a lot of services for XP. The entries for svchost could probably be cut back just by turning off Windows Time and the wireless cfg service. Among other things.

 

Its XP SP2. I'll look into the Black Vipers thing. And every time I try shutting down the Zune stuff, they pop back on. I rarely have my Zune plugged into my computer, I have it charging by my 360.

 

Most of the stuff that runs "by itself" is started from a registry key located at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run

You can run regedit and check that key, and you should be able to tell if there are things there that are un-needed. If you are not sure about a particular item, research it before deleting it, to make sure it isn't something needed by windows to run.

There are also two folders to check, the "all users" startup folder and the startup folder for the user currently logged on. These are just folders under the user profiles.

Keep in mind by removing items from these locations, you are not deleting the programs, you are just keeping them from automaticly starting up.

 

Erase all your midget ****.

Worked for me!

 

Sort your list by mem usage to see what uses the most resources. Start with the biggest resource hogs, and find out online which ones you can safely shut down/turn off.

Also, sort by name so it is easier to identify the programs. You might be able to safely get it down to 200M of commit charge and under 35 programs. I'm sure serious resource conservationists can do much better t han that.

Whether or not it is worth the effort, or whether it will make a noticeable improvement in performance of your games and the most used applications is another question.

 

Scan for viruses and malware, and do a disk cleanup and defrag.

 

Go to run type in msconfig, click startup tab, find your zune files and other things you don't want to start when you restart your computer and uncheck them. This will keep the zune and other files you unchecked from automatically opening back up after your restart.

 

Glad to hear you got off that stuff .

 

I'd kill the processes Larry mentioned. You've got a lot of other services running, both system and your user account, that look pretty suspicious/can be killed pretty easily.

Run through this webpage first. It's a complete guide to killing malware on your system, and it works very well.
http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/MalwareRemoval.html



The stuff I highlighted is what I'd start killing off first. If it screws up, just reboot and now you know not to kill/disable it (by running msconfig). Or you can google each .exe and do it the slow way.

edit: kill it from the task manager shown by pressing ctrl alt dlt. That way, the worst it'll do is crash, and if you need to, you can reboot and it'll be running again. Don't disable it from startup/disable the service completely without knowing what it'll do

 

Don't just start killing services without first googling them. An example, PSISERVICE.exe is software from Protexis that is used to verify that other software on your system is valid and licensed. If you kill it, that other software will no longer work.

Sites that can tell you what they are are:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com

http://www.processlibrary.com/

http://www.liutilities.com/products/...rocesslibrary/

 

oh he got off alright

 

thanks guys