Re: RAM USAGE

"lylefair" <lylefair@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1128000065.131570.76910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> TaskManager (right click on the TaskBar at the bottom of the
> screen), HiJackThis (search on Google), and Start-Run-Services.msc
> come to mind. These are !!!!POWERFUL BUT DANGEROUS!!!!

I use Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com.

> My experience is that most computers have 3,728 unnecessary
> processes running, one might say secretly, or at least not the
> knowledge of their owners.

This is usually indicated by a system tray that is so full of icons
that it extends halfway across the TaskBar.

> Getting rid of these processes can be very difficult. Those that
> rewrite themselves to the one of the Run Keys in the Registry, and
> rename themselves come to mind.

I have the Run key in my registry set to Read-Only for all users so
that programs can't write to it. This is the only way I know to
prevent things like RealPlayer from continually re-install
themselves.

> And if you can get rid of them, you come face to face with a
> bigger problem: Should you?
>
> A detailed discussion of this is beyond me and probably should
> occur in a Windows group.

Yep, but it sure is a widespread problem.

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David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
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