Those are not programs. They are Processes and 49 is an average number for
XP. Programs will be on the Applications tab.

"Josh" wrote:

> I have 49 programs running in my windows task manager and I am not running
> any programs, I think I might have allot of unnecessary programs running that
> don't need to be running which is taking up a lot of my memory..
> In run there is a command I can put in to edit all my start up files, Does
> anyone know what the command is?
>
> Or what program I can use to get ride allot of program's that might be
> running with out my knowledge?