Nina DiBoy wrote:

> Mary wrote:

>> Those are not programs. They are Processes and 49 is an average
>> number for XP. Programs will be on the Applications tab.
>
> I guess it depends on what you run, but I get my machines trimmed down
> to 30 or less processes, without disabling the necessary stuff like
> AV. 49 processes is alot IMHO.


The concept that *any* number is too many is completely wrong, as far as I'm
concerned. Just as with automatically starting background programs, the only
applicable issue is *which* they are, not how many. Some of them may hurt
performance severely; others may have so tiny an effect that it's
unmeasurable.

Moreover, 49 is by no means an uncommon number or any cause for concern.
Many people have considerably more than that and experience no problems at
all.

If Josh is experiencing performance problems, then it *may* pay to look to
see what'processes are running. Otherwise, I would simply ignore this as an
issue. "Don't fix what isn't broken" is a good maxim to follow here, as it
so often is.

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