Too many services (?)

[Gil]

Hi all.
This is a scree capture of my running services (including windows) right from the moment I logged in.
Is it ok that windows media center network sharing is taking huge amount of RAM?


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[Jonathan_King]

Your system seems fine to me. I like to think of myself as keeping a relatively clean system, and I have more than that running.

 

[CarlTR6]

Windows Media Center does use a lot of RAM. However, Win 7 manages RAM well and if that RAM is needed by another application, Win 7 will take care of it. Win 7 uses the available RAM and that is a good thing. You don't have to worry about the system bogging down.

 

[Bill2]

1) WMP can share media between different computers on the same network, and with XBox 360 as well. For this to work, there’s a network sharing service that shares the library even if Media Player isn’t open, so if you use this feature you should not disable it.

To disable media sharing open up WMP, then click on the arrow under “Library” and choose the “Media Sharing” option. In the Media Sharing dialog box that opens up, uncheck both boxes. Hit OK and Yes at the prompt.

Also, stop and disable the service in Services.msc. Double click on WMP network sharing service, click on "Stop" to stop the service and change the startup type to Disabled.

2) 50-60 services are no big deal. I would say you have a pretty clean setup.

 

[vpwin7]

Mine has 64 running and I have stripped my system quite a bit. I have about 10 processes being split between built in functions like hotkeys on the keyboard, and my printer...so yeah yours seems fine to me.

 

[Gil]

If you guys say that it's pretty clean system with all these services, then why my computer is so slow after a boot and the HDD seems to work for very long period after boot. It takes me about 2 minutes after I click on Outlook 2007 to work on it.

 

[Bill2]

If your system is slow after bootup, it has do with the items configured to start at boot. Go to MSCONFIG, then click on "Startup" tab. Disable everything except your antivirus, reboot. Does that help?

 

[Gil]

I have the Realtek HD audio manager
Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft sidebar
Microsoft Stickynotes.

For my rig, this is not much for startup items.

 

[CarlTR6]

You could eliminate Realtech HD audio manager from startup and open it when you need it. The same for Sticky notes.

 

[Gil]

You could eliminate Realtech HD audio manager from startup and open it when you need it. The same for Sticky notes.

What exactly the realtek manager does?

If I do so for sticky notes, then I'll loose all the things I wrote on them, wouldn't I?

 

[Ch@n]

The culprit must be Realtek HD audio manager.
Uncheck it and check the response.
I had the same issue and unchecking fixed it.

 

[Gil]

ok I'll try it.
thanks

 

[Ch@n]

You are welcome. Do post ur results. All the best.

 

[CarlTR6]

You could eliminate Realtech HD audio manager from startup and open it when you need it. The same for Sticky notes.

What exactly the realtek manager does?

If I do so for sticky notes, then I'll loose all the things I wrote on them, wouldn't I?

Retek manager is a console for managing your audio settings. It definitely does not have to load at startup nor run all of the time.

Your sticky notes should still be there if you disable it at startup; you would just need to start it manually.

 

[Bill2]

Realtek HD Control Panel is used to configure the onboard Realtek HD sound on your motherboard, ie when you plug in speakers, you use the Realtek HD Audio Control panel to configure the onboard sound. But you can configure speaker settings from the windows sound control panel also. Disabling the startup entry shouldnt have any effect on your sound.

Also, for sticky notes, they are saved in a file called stickynotes.snt located in C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes (Its a hidden file). All your notes are there in a single file (unless you delete any note).

 

[Gil]

Realtek HD Control Panel is used to configure the onboard Realtek HD sound on your motherboard, ie when you plug in speakers, you use the Realtek HD Audio Control panel to configure the onboard sound. But you can configure speaker settings from the windows sound control panel also. Disabling the startup entry shouldnt have any effect on your sound.

Also, for sticky notes, they are saved in a file called stickynotes.snt located in C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes (Its a hidden file). All your notes are there in a single file (unless you delete any note).

Thanks for the tip.

So for the realtek, if I want to plugin my headphones, I will have to manually set the the sound to work only for the headphones? or it will play the sound on speakers as well?

 

[CarlTR6]

You can create a shortcut to Realtek on your desktop. When you need the console, click on the shortcut to open it. You may already have a shortcut to it in Start>Programs.

 

[Ch@n]

Realtek HD Control Panel is used to configure the onboard Realtek HD sound on your motherboard, ie when you plug in speakers, you use the Realtek HD Audio Control panel to configure the onboard sound. But you can configure speaker settings from the windows sound control panel also. Disabling the startup entry shouldnt have any effect on your sound.

Also, for sticky notes, they are saved in a file called stickynotes.snt located in C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Sticky Notes (Its a hidden file). All your notes are there in a single file (unless you delete any note).

Thanks for the tip.

So for the realtek, if I want to plugin my headphones, I will have to manually set the the sound to work only for the headphones? or it will play the sound on speakers as well?

No no..we are talking about configuration. If you connect ur headphone, sound flows from it, ceasing the speakers. But if you want to apply some effects for it like Equaliser, Suuround, Environment settings, you can do it thru the HD Manager of Realtek.

 

[Gil]

ok got it. Thanks for the help. I will post the results tomorrow.

 

[Aphelion]

If you guys say that it's pretty clean system with all these services, then why my computer is so slow after a boot and the HDD seems to work for very long period after boot. It takes me about 2 minutes after I click on Outlook 2007 to work on it.

After booting the system I usually have about 28 processes (services) running.
Most functions are instantaneous. I do have to do some things manually, for the most part I find that preferable.

Ap