Any Help? This Isn't Normal...

FeverHD · Sep 28, 2014

Up until recently my Dell N5050 Laptop has been a trooper I have been able to use it to do a variety of things I need to do for almost a year. However, for the past month it has been acting up a lot.
Today I thought id look into it and I think I figured out the problem
Whenever I freshly boot it up and I look in Task Manager it is running about 98 processes
After I end some of them (Most of which I know I'm not going to be using during the session) it still is using about 93 processes just by being idle not doing anything
It also uses about 1.5gb of the only 4gb of ram I have on it
Is there anyway I can fix this?
I have recently started to encounter "Warning: High CPU Usage" In some of the stuff I do
Is there a program I can run to possibly delete some of the stuff thats causing all these processes to be used?
Please let me know if there is a cheap and easy fix to this I want to fix it so it can last me 3 more months until my i7 rig gets built
Thanks!

RookieOfTheYear · Sep 28, 2014

You can try the program CCleaner. That should help. Also, I'm not sure what version of windows you are using, but you should set what programs open automatically upon start up. On windows 8, you can do it right in the task manager. But a lot of programs set themselves to open when the computer boots up.

Ubrales · Sep 28, 2014

Do the following:

1. Check the stsrt-up programs. Disable (not delete) the ones that you will not use right away.

2. Install and run "CCLEANER" - https

/www.piriform.com/CCLEANER

3. Do a defrag.

4. Run your AV program.

5. Run "Spybot S & D" - http

/www.safer-networking.org/dl/

6. Set the physical memory to max - http

/www.tutcity.com/windows-7/set-the-maximum-memory-to-be-used.22347.html (see Windows msconfig too)

geofelt · Sep 28, 2014

"Warning: High CPU Usage" is a strange message.
What has changed recently?

98 processes are not out of line, just looking at mine, I have 86, not doing much.
I would first to to control panel/ programs and features.
Uninstall anything you can definitely know you don't want.
Then, use google to identify those unknown to you and see if they also can be uninstalled.

Next, run malwarebytes and get rid of unneeded tracking software.

FeverHD · Sep 28, 2014

Thank you for all the answers I managed get my ram usage down do 1gb out of 4gb and my processes went down to about only 50 thanks!

Ubrales · Sep 28, 2014

I used this with good results:

This problem may occur because the Maximum memory option is selected incorrectly. To fix this, follow these steps:
Click Start Start button, type msconfig in the Search programs and files box, and then click msconfig in the Programs list.
In the System Configuration window, click Advanced options on the Boot tab.
Click to clear the Maximum memory check box, and then click OK.
Restart the computer.

http

/support2.microsoft.com/kb/978610

FeverHD · Sep 29, 2014

Oh my ram is fine I only have 4gb which is what is showing

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