Unnessecary programs running...

[BumontheRun]

I have windows xp home. Under my username when i press ctrl+alt+delete and under processes there are a lot of things running. Most are "SYSTEM" under username.

One program is svchost.exe and there is about 5 of these. I can not end some of them because it says they're system files and are needed to run or something.

Also under a different username (not mine) they don't have all these. I want to know how to get rid of these so they don't take up all my RAM.

I tried creating a new username but still has the programs.

If you want a list of all the processes just ask.

 

[Linkmaster 🎂]

Hi BumontheRun,
Go to start, run, type in msconfig
Then ok
Click on startup tab
See what is checked and post. Check the path for the svchost programs running and post

 

[BumontheRun]

I've done that. None of the system files are checked for startup. Do you want a list of them?

 

[JohnWill]

It's normal to have between 25 and 40 processes running in a typical W2K/XP system. I just checked this system, running W2K, and I have 46 processes running, including four svchost.exe instances. This is normal operation. I wouldn't be too concerned as long as when the system is idle that the idle task is hitting the high 90's in CPU usage.

 

[Linkmaster 🎂]

Ok BumontheRun,
Check and see what services are running , then go here to see which ones you can set to manual. I have windows 2000 here at home and have just 13 services running on auto.
You can also go here to see what tasks are running and what they are.