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r/Windows10 on Reddit: Hello Windows Community :) Is it normal to have so many background processes 2 minutes after startup?
January 29, 2023 - However, I can see 4.4GB of used RAM and 167 processes. A clean installation takes 1.6-1.8GB of RAM, so I suspect there is a lot of bloatware. The usual route is: go to your tray menu and see what lurks there. If there are stuff you don't need - uninstall or disable them from starting up via Task Manager.
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Hi, good day! I'm Jerico T., I understand that you're having some issues right now, I'll do my best to help you with your concern.
The Clean Boot is the best way to close or disable applications/programs that are less needed for your computer to startup. Rest assured that it's safe and you don't have to reset your device, you just have to restart it.
Closing or disabling programs one by one might be risky because you might disable important background processes. You may refer to the link below for the complete definition of Clean Boot and for the step-by-step instructions on how to perform Clean Boot.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...
Please do let me know if you need any further assistance.
Hope this help. Have a good day.
Thank you,
Jerico T.
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Thank you for your quick response. Clean boot is a troubleshooting method that will disable any third-party applications that are less needed for your computer. You can also select the applications that you only want to disable, same thing if you want to enable them again. If you don't want to perform clean boot, that's fine. We can try to check your startup programs by performing the steps below.
- Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open task manager.
- Click the Startup apps tab.
- Disable any apps that you don't want to start when you boot your computer.
- Restart your device.
Regards,
Jerico T.
Task Manager says that there are over 125 background processes running. Is that normal? Is my PC being slowed down from them? I do notice a slight delay between switching tabs/programs.
It is fairly normal to have a lot of processes in task manager these days. The days of lean and mean process number in Windows 7 are gone. Even a clean install will have a lot, but that's fine, it's how the OS was built. You mention delays though, without knowing what your hardware specs are, it'll be hard to tell if there is actually something going on there. Do note that on a fresh install of Windows, there will be a bit more going on in the background like indexing your files and that can affect performance a bit until it's done. More on reddit.com
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September 18, 2021How do I end all background processes in task manager fast?
useless processes They are not useless. There are system processes, which you DON'T close, and opened software processes, which you also DON'T close because your system uses them in the foreground and background. Windows manages these processes by itself. taking up about 40 percent of my memory I don't know how much RAM your system have but It's not an issue. I have 16GB of RAM with currently two Chrome windows with one using Reddit and the other playing YouTube, Steam in the background alongside 200 other processes. They use 36% of my RAM. Is there a way to keep them closed? Do a clean boot. Don't mess with processes if you don't know what they are doing in the first place. More on reddit.com
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April 11, 2023My computer has too many background processes and windows processes open. - Internal Hardware
Almost every time when I open task manager, it says 95 background processes and around 109 windows processes are open all the time. My memory usage is always at 45-50% even when I tend not to use anything. Is it normal? I do not know what processes to end as ending wrong processes might cause ... More on bleepingcomputer.com
Does anyone know why there are so many background processes and if I can delete them
Under the "startup" tab, disable anything you don't use much. If it affects things negatively later on, just enable that item again. If you open MsConfig (go to your search bar and type "msconfig") you can decide what services get to run on startup. Some people say none of this matters when you have enough RAM and CPU for everything, but I prefer to keep my PC as lean as possible. More on reddit.com
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If you know for a fact that your Java is up-to-date, it would be safe to kill the updater (but NOT any other Java processes- just the updater). This goes for other updaters, too (i.e. Adobe). Other processes include applications you closed that are trying to run in the background.
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bloatware - What does Windows 10 "System" task keep doing in the background all the time? - Super User
February 17, 2021 - CPU load is not particularly high because System task is throttled to run at around 15% (as far as I noticed). However that doesn't help explain why it is running in the first place and if I can disable said 'feature'. ... System cannot be disabled. Try SysInternals Process Explorer to see if that helps locate the issue.
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How to Fix Too Many Background Processes Running on a Windows PC
September 7, 2023 - As the name implies, startup processes begin running as soon as you boot your Windows PC. These programs are often responsible for your computer’s long startup times and run in the background even when unused. To reduce the number of startup processes, open the Task Manager and click on the Startup tab to open its menu.
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r/buildapc on Reddit: Task Manager says that there are over 125 background processes running. Is that normal? Is my PC being slowed down from them? I do notice a slight delay between switching tabs/programs.
September 18, 2021 -
Btw this is from a custom gaming PC I built and personally use.
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It is fairly normal to have a lot of processes in task manager these days. The days of lean and mean process number in Windows 7 are gone. Even a clean install will have a lot, but that's fine, it's how the OS was built. You mention delays though, without knowing what your hardware specs are, it'll be hard to tell if there is actually something going on there. Do note that on a fresh install of Windows, there will be a bit more going on in the background like indexing your files and that can affect performance a bit until it's done.
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If you have a factory Built PC, delete the bloatware... software that duplicates functions and utilities already built into Windows. Look at your software, if you have software installed that you use once a year, get rid of it. If you have McAffee, AVG or Norton Symantec AV software delete it/them. Enable Windows Defender, download and run scans with MBAM free now and again. Also install uBlock Origin as a browser add-on. Once you've cleaned house on your OS check your startups and disable the ones that you know you don't need running in the back ground. Google them if not sure. I also recommend Glary Utilities (free). If you take the time to dumb this software down, by going into it's settings disabling everything in the "General" settings, it has a pretty small footprint. Besides having a good number of utilities all in one place it also has a registry repair tool. Others may balk at this, but I have used this and cCleaners tool countless times on my own and others PCs over the past couple of decades and if there are corruptions and or conflicts this will make a noticeable improvement in you OS prformance. Much like doing a "sfc /scannow" at command prompt (as admin) for your OS system files. Do this as well just to check and see if you've had any file corruption. It will automatically fix what it can. If you have corruption then you have to find out why that is... and it's likley RAM issues or SSD/HDD issues. Anyhow, this should help. :)
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How does Task Manager categorize processes as App, Background Process, or Windows Process? - The Old New Thing
March 13, 2019 - When you go to the Processes tab in Task Manager, you see the processes grouped into three categories: App, Background Process, and Windows Process.
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4 Solutions to Fix Too Many Background Processes in Windows 10 - MiniTool
March 15, 2024 - You can press Ctrl + Shift + Esc keyboard shortcut to open Task Manager in Windows 10. In Task Manager window, you can tap Process tab to see all running applications and processes incl.
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Store probably runs for doing automatic update check.
To turn it off, go to Start -> Settings -> Privacy -> Background apps
and set it to Off.
More info in the article: How to Turn On or Off Background Apps in Windows 10.
You might also in this case turn off automatically-applied updates by going to
Settings -> Update & Security -> Advanced options
and
set "Choose how updates are installed",
to "Notify to schedule restart."
For the calculator :
I believe that this Modern app is among those that Windows 10 tends to keep in memory if used once. It probably runs in suspended mode, using very little memory, ready to be launched quickly when called, which is more useful in a tablet than a computer.
Windows might forget about it if you kill it off a few times using the Task Manager before shutting down. If this works, I advise in the future to use a third-party calculator instead of the Modern one, or it will come back.
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Disabling the SuperFetch service can prevent applications from starting on their own.
We've found out that with SuperFetch running, some applications are started in the suspended state automatically once or twice an hour, even after you explicitly kill their processes. This happens for Windows Store/Modern UI/Metro apps like Photos, Calculator, Maps, Weather, Time and so on.
How to Disable SuperFetch
From the Command Line
Run this command under Administrator:
sc config sysmain start=disabled
Additionally, stop an already running SuperFetch:
sc stop sysmain
From the UI
- Press Windows+R, type
services.mscand press Enter. - Find SuperFetch in the list, and double-click it to open its properties.
- Set Startup type to Disabled.
(Optional.) Click Stop to stop an already running SuperFetch.
Click OK to save the changes.
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A Guide to Fixing Too Many Background Processes on PCs
September 24, 2024 - Step 1: Open Task Manager and in the Processes tab, locate the processes that consume too much memory and CPU. Step 2: Then click End task to end the processes one by one. You can remove the third-party service processes to stop running in the ...
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r/pcmasterrace on Reddit: How do I end all background processes in task manager fast?
April 11, 2023 -
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?
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useless processes They are not useless. There are system processes, which you DON'T close, and opened software processes, which you also DON'T close because your system uses them in the foreground and background. Windows manages these processes by itself. taking up about 40 percent of my memory I don't know how much RAM your system have but It's not an issue. I have 16GB of RAM with currently two Chrome windows with one using Reddit and the other playing YouTube, Steam in the background alongside 200 other processes. They use 36% of my RAM. Is there a way to keep them closed? Do a clean boot. Don't mess with processes if you don't know what they are doing in the first place.
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In your task manager, you can click on the “startup” tab and disable all the apps you want to not open when you turn on your pc
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Ultimate Guide to Speed Up Windows 11 by Managing Background Processes | Windows Forum
April 27, 2025 - Apps you’ve forgotten, processes running from the initial install, “updater” daemons, and processes related to hardware accessories—all are visible. Crucially, Task Manager separates running items into “Apps” and “Background Processes.” The former are obvious: programs you started ...
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Solved: Running the so many unnecessary programes in the background. - HP Support Community - 7607682
May 15, 2020 - First off, you need to check in the Task Manager --> Processes tab to see which tasks are actually using the CPU resources. Simply because a LOT are running, does not many that many of them are using resources. I have 65 processes running and of them, only 5 sum up to 5% of the processor demand -- the other remaining 60 sum up to less than 1%. Second, Windows Update runs on your PC, in the background every WEEK -- whether you know it or not.
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"Background Task Host" - 30+ and growing entries in task manager | Windows 11 Forum
January 18, 2025 - I just happened to glance at the task manager, and noticed over 30 'Background Task Host' entries under 'Background Processes'. They are all at the 'parent' level, not 'children' under a parent process. They are all consuming 0 CPU, 0 memory, 0 disk, 0 network (so pretty benign, other than ...
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Windows Task Manager: The Complete Guide
October 14, 2023 - With More Details selected, the Task Manager includes the following tabs: Processes: A list of running applications and background processes on your system along with CPU, memory, disk, network, GPU, and other resource usage information.
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My computer has too many background processes and windows processes open. - Internal Hardware
November 10, 2025 - Your computer doesn't have too many processes running nor is it using too much memory when little to no apps are running. What you've posted is normal behaviour and nothing to worry about. I just checked my Task Manager and it currently shows 109 background processes and 114 Windows processes.
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I have so many programs running in the background on my PC. How do I get that fixed? - Quora
· · You can press Ctrl + Shift + Esc keyboard shortcut key to open task Manager in Windows 10. In Task Manager window, you can tap Process tab to see all running applications and processes incl.
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number of background processes and windows processes? - Windows 10 Help Forums
July 29, 2020 - I have about 253 listed; about 240 Microsoft and about 13 other I have about 90 microsoft services running right now and 10 of the other. Total of about 100 running. Have you: Tested your hard drive? Tested your RAM? Turned off most or all of your startup items as a test? Try Task Manager to see what processes are taking up the most CPU cycles after a cold boot.