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TaskManager Processes
Clarification of help info on processes needed. I don't quite understand
several things and the help files are "no help" 1. If a process is listed but has "00" in the "CPU" column, does that mean that the process is not running at the time being? And, if so.... 2. is the figure shown in the "Memory Usage" column, only showing what memory that process would use IF IT WAS running - or - does it mean it is using that memory even though it is NOTrunning at the time being? 3. If it shows multiple processes by the same name (ie- svchost.exe) which all target the same Windows System file, are they duplicates, using up memory unnecessarily and should some of them be deleted to improve performance? |
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TaskManager Processes
1. "00" means the process is not using any of the CPU's processing
resources at a given point in time. 2. "Memory Usage" shows how much RAM the process is using. 3. Host services (like svchost.exe -- service host)) are processes that 'host' (provide services for) other services. There are typically several instances of svchost...that is entirely normal. To see what processes the svchost.exe is hosting: F1 'Use Tools to view your computer information...' (right-hand column) Advanced System Imformation (left-hand column) View running services (right-hand column) --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Magsmom wrote: Clarification of help info on processes needed. I don't quite understand several things and the help files are "no help" 1. If a process is listed but has "00" in the "CPU" column, does that mean that the process is not running at the time being? And, if so.... 2. is the figure shown in the "Memory Usage" column, only showing what memory that process would use IF IT WAS running - or - does it mean it is using that memory even though it is NOTrunning at the time being? 3. If it shows multiple processes by the same name (ie- svchost.exe) which all target the same Windows System file, are they duplicates, using up memory unnecessarily and should some of them be deleted to improve performance? |
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Magsmom wrote (in ):
Clarification of help info on processes needed. I don't quite understand several things and the help files are "no help" The Task Manager lists running processes, anything in there is currently running and active. (1) The CPU column lists the percentage of the CPU’s power is being used, so low numbers are generally better. (2) Memory is the amount of physical RAM is being used by the process and you can add the VM Size and Peak Mem columns to get more useful memory info on processes. (3) Yes and no. If you run a program that doesn’t start up right away and then you run it again, you will (for most apps) be running two instances which does waste resources if you only use one of them. Also, sometimes a program does not quite end when you quit it, and its process will remain running, possibly using resources, and you will start another instance if you run the program again. You could kill those off, although they will be killed when you shutdown or reboot anyway, so unless they are really causing problems (100% CPU usage, 100s of MB of RAM, etc.), it’s fine to leave them and let Windows kill them. You should leave system processes alone because that’s normal behavior. SVCHOST.exe is like a palette, it contains lots of useful little things inside, so you’ll probably have more than one. -- Alec S. news/alec-synetech/cjb/net 1. If a process is listed but has "00" in the "CPU" column, does that mean that the process is not running at the time being? And, if so.... 2. is the figure shown in the "Memory Usage" column, only showing what memory that process would use IF IT WAS running - or - does it mean it is using that memory even though it is NOTrunning at the time being? 3. If it shows multiple processes by the same name (ie- svchost.exe) which all target the same Windows System file, are they duplicates, using up memory unnecessarily and should some of them be deleted to improve performance? |
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