New to windows 7 question about running services and processes

[iamloco724]

i just built my first computer and i am now running windows 7 after being on windows xp since it first came out so everything is very different to me so will probably be around these forums quite a bit lol

so my questions right now is how many processes is around the average cause ive seen my process to be as high as 70 at a time right now its 52 so i want to see what i can remove from running

that brings me to services is there a link or services you can tell me arent needed and tell me a description of them so i can determine if there truly not needed

ive noticed sometimes my cpu usage varies quite a bit and goes up and down very fast and dramatically thats another reason i want to look into more what is running and what i dont need

any help greatly appreciated

 

[zigzag3143]

i just built my first computer and i am now running windows 7 after being on windows xp since it first came out so everything is very different to me so will probably be around these forums quite a bit lol

so my questions right now is how many processes is around the average cause ive seen my process to be as high as 70 at a time right now its 52 so i want to see what i can remove from running

that brings me to services is there a link or services you can tell me arent needed and tell me a description of them so i can determine if there truly not needed

ive noticed sometimes my cpu usage varies quite a bit and goes up and down very fast and dramatically thats another reason i want to look into more what is running and what i dont need

any help greatly appreciated

Re: link. Blackviper.com

Average processes for 64 bit is around 62.

If we had your system specs we could give you a better answer.

 

[iamloco724]

what info are you looking for specifically

 

[iamloco724]

Intel Core i7-2600K
ram G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
Intel 510 Series 120gb windows ssd drive
p8z68-v pro mobo

 

[whs]

You are OK in terms of # of services. I would not muck around with them. There is absolutely nothing to be gained.

 

[zigzag3143]

Intel Core i7-2600K
ram G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
Intel 510 Series 120gb windows ssd drive
p8z68-v pro mobo

Thanks. What are you trying to accomplish by trimming the processes?

 

[iamloco724]

Intel Core i7-2600K
ram G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
Intel 510 Series 120gb windows ssd drive
p8z68-v pro mobo

Thanks. What are you trying to accomplish by trimming the processes?

just looking to get rid of anything that doesnt have to be there or provides no use coming home an old comptuer with xp im use to having to do such a thing dont know if i have to on this new system but thought it wouldnt hurt to ask to see

 

[zigzag3143]

Intel Core i7-2600K
ram G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
Intel 510 Series 120gb windows ssd drive
p8z68-v pro mobo

Thanks. What are you trying to accomplish by trimming the processes?

just looking to get rid of anything that doesnt have to be there or provides no use coming home an old comptuer with xp im use to having to do such a thing dont know if i have to on this new system but thought it wouldnt hurt to ask to see

If we had your system specs we could give better advice but IMHO, if you have a decent amount of ram and cpu, I wouldnt bother. There are so many interactions and dependencies between some services that 6 months from now you may not remember you have disabled something that is needed for the new thing you are installing.

 

[Wareus]

Hi iamloco724,

Have you gone to control panel/programs/turn windows features on and off? if not.. turn off stuff you dont need.

Hope it helps!

 

[iamloco724]

Thanks. What are you trying to accomplish by trimming the processes?

just looking to get rid of anything that doesnt have to be there or provides no use coming home an old comptuer with xp im use to having to do such a thing dont know if i have to on this new system but thought it wouldnt hurt to ask to see

If we had your system specs we could give better advice but IMHO, if you have a decent amount of ram and cpu, I wouldnt bother. There are so many interactions and dependencies between some services that 6 months from now you may not remember you have disabled something that is needed for the new thing you are installing.

well what specs are you looking for i gave you my hardware specs..i do get what your saying when it comes to turning stuff off

 

[zigzag3143]

just looking to get rid of anything that doesnt have to be there or provides no use coming home an old comptuer with xp im use to having to do such a thing dont know if i have to on this new system but thought it wouldnt hurt to ask to see

If we had your system specs we could give better advice but IMHO, if you have a decent amount of ram and cpu, I wouldnt bother. There are so many interactions and dependencies between some services that 6 months from now you may not remember you have disabled something that is needed for the new thing you are installing.

well what specs are you looking for i gave you my hardware specs..i do get what your saying when it comes to turning stuff off

Blackviper.com is a good source if you intend to do it, but win 7 is vastly different than XP in resource management

 

[cluberti]

Also note that disabling services and features might get you *some* resources back, but you will find that (for the most part) Windows 7 runs best if you simply leave the default configuration alone. With an i7 and 8GB of RAM, you aren't likely going to notice any performance difference "tweaked" versus a stock, left-alone configured installation.

 

[whs]

To give you a couple of examples of what Zigzag is talking about:

In Vista you could not run the snipping tool unless you had the Tablet services enabled. If you did not have a tablet, I am sure that would have been one you would have deleted and then wondered why the snipping tool did not work.

In Win7, if you disable the defragmentation service (e.g. because you have an SSD), you cannot shrink a partition.

And there are many other service interdependencies that are not obvious. Therefore it is best to leave them alone.

 

[Wareus]

He could document what services he is disabling and check up dependencies and put them as a sidenote.

 

[gregrocker]

Are you running a Clean Boot? Dumping the freeloaders which suck up RAM/CPU, slow startup/shutdown and can spy on you is one of the best optimizations you can maintain.

Enter msconfig>Startup and uncheck all but your AV, then after reboots do the same in msconfig>Services after checking Hide All MS Services.

Check back periodically that none write themselves back in - if so turn them off in Program Preferences or uninstall them.