I just upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 and I've got 260 programs in the background, and it's really eating away my RAM and CPU. I want to know how I can turn them off.
I work with a crappy laptop for gaming and ive been able optimize to make games run well on it on it with low settings, but it is really easy to slow down if a process starts eating up a bit too much memory. I then realized that about half of the memory being eaten up is background processes, most of which are just sitting there. there are too many to go through manually, so is there a way to select all of them at once?
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Hi everyone,
I need some help with an issue on my Windows 10 PC. Here's my hardware:
Processor: Intel i5
RAM: 32 GB
Graphics Card: 12GB Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT PULSE
Storage: 2 x 1 TB (total of 2 TB)
My problem is that even though my system is quite powerful, my RAM usage is already at 30% when idle, and that's with only one relatively lightweight program open.
I've noticed that there are many background processes running, which I probably don't even need. On Apple devices, for example, there's hardly anything running in the background, and often 8 GB or 16 GB of RAM is more than enough. I'm looking for a way to disable such unnecessary processes on Windows as well. Does anyone know of a good software or an easy solution to disable these background processes?
Additionally, itβs important for me that these changes stick even after Windows updates, as I don't want to have to reconfigure everything after each update. If anyone has tips on how to block or manage Windows updates in this regard, I would also really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance for your help!
I have tried to keep our Windows gaming PC as tidy as possible; however, there is just too much running in the background for my liking when gaming.
Are there any apps/scripts that, when run, will kill or pause all unnecessary background processes? Then after gaming, will restart them?
Hello, I have been using my new laptop for a few months now, and I do not know if there is stuff I need to uninstall. I am uncomfortable to see that I have a lot of background and windows processes, are these normal? I only use my laptop mainly for school purposes (anki, Microsoft office, evernote) and some hobbies (garena, genshin, steam, discord, taiga).
I want to clean and made my laptop's privacy and files secure. I also want to delete any apps/ programs that I do not personally need, but at loss on what to uninstall for fear that I might unstabilize the Windows or some sort. Please help!
My PC has 8gb of ram however due to the 101 background processes (not counting windows processes, which another 101) my ram is already 50% full whenever I just boot up my computer. Because of this I am having trouble running games because I am basically using 4gb of ram. Is there some sort of program and something like that to use I shut down unneeded background processes?
All of these useless processes are taking up about 40 percent of my memory and ending them individually is too long, there's 100. Is there a way to keep them closed?
So as the title says ("Can anybody tell me the unnecessary services in windows10?")
So I have a school laptop from 2020 and it has 3.65gb of ram it is not running fully fast and smooth so my friend suggested me to stop the the unnecessary services...
My configurations are as follows.
home edition windows 10(22H2).
ryzen 3 3250U with amd radeon 2.60 GHz.
1tb hdd.
4 GB RAM
entry level dell laptop(inspiron).
64 bit OS with x64 based processor.
no games, no softwares nothing, only media files.
My laptop gets crazy slow at times that I just want to smash it with whatever's within my reach. Like I can feel the pain of my laptop running slow in my body. The reason im posting it here is because I heard that there are some programs and inbuilt applications that I can delete to make my machine run smooth. I just don't know what are they. If there is anything like this, then please help out. Also, I can't spare any money right now, so please consider that as well.
there's quite a lot of unnecessary microsoft branded bloatware running in the background for no reason other than "telemetry" and such. i've tried finding solutions online, but its the same three solutions that do not help (end task, startup tab in task manager (i already did that), and uninstall unused programs)
i've tried going through services and even task scheduler, and while that did definitely help, it didn't make my computer as clean as i'd like it to be, with things like "news & interests" and "gaming services" still running in the background.
please help me :(
Hi Tushar
I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .
In Windows 10, it is normal to have many, many versions of Scvhost (70+) running all the time, Windows 10 is multi-threaded and a lot of the processes in Windows are divided down into small processes so that can run on the different cores in the processor, and this actually keeps the system running fast, and does not slow your system
The processes you can control are as follows:
Turn off all unnecessary startup applications and processes:
Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager
Click on the Startup Tab
See any non-essential items are listed there
If so, select and click 'Disable'
Close Task Manager
Click your Start Button, type msconfig and hit Enter
When the System Configuration dialog opens, click on the Services Tab
Check the box marked 'Hide Microsoft Services'
In the remaining list, see any non-essential items are listed there, uncheck any you find
Click Apply and OK
Turn off all unnecessary Background Apps
Open the Settings App
Go to Privacy - Background Apps
Turn off any App you do not need running in the background
Restart your PC
By itself, the mere number of processes you see means nothing. What matters is what those processes are doing at any one time. It may be helpful to understand what a process is; they are designed to make your computer run faster, not slower.
Large programs are chopped up into smaller pieces called processes, so instead of loading the entire program into memory and running it all at once, the computer only needs to work with these smaller pieces.
Processes also make your computer more stable. If one of those processes runs into trouble, or crashes altogether, the rest of the program can keep on going. Were it not so, the entire program could crash, and take Windows with it.
So don't be upset by the number of processes you see - I currently have 122 processes - but be glad they're there. It's a sign that your computer is working efficiently.
By the same token, you should definitely not close processes on your own. That could make your computer unstable, or take it down. If you really feel that you must close a process, it should be because you've done your research and understand what program that process is part of, and what it does for your computer, and have determined that the process is causing harm to your computer.
But to close processes for the sole reason that you think there are too many of them is madness. Besides, they're only going to return the next time your computer is restarted.
Or is it NOT recommended in general? I mean, tweaking innards of OS by trying to cut off "unneccesarry" stuff might be bad because it will, in turn, bring bugs, glitches and errors?
Looking for yall's opinions on this, thanks
I need a program that will end every process that isn't needed so that my memory could free up before I play a game. Is there a program that could do that? Excluding just using task manager.
There are apps, such as adobe, razer synapse, logitech ghub, that even when fully closed (from system tray also) still are running in I look in task manager. Removing background permissions through settings isnt always available. Is there a way to stop all of this?