I recently, actually about an hour ago, just got my new laptop for college. I use pretty "resource-heavy" programs, like Photoshop, so I got something fairly porwerful in terms of memory and whatnot. I got the Dell Studio XPS laptop with 5GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB HD, 2.66GHz Centrino 2 Duo processor, ATI Radeon 512MB video card, and Windows Vista 64-bit.
However, currently, with Firefox(2 tabs) and Windows Task Manager open, I have 78-79 processes running. I'm only using a steady 33-35% of my RAM, but my CPU usage keeps fluctuating between 9% and 20-something-%. I can't really see why, since the Task Manager only shows 3 or 4 processes using only around 2- I even have "show processes from all users on". I disabled quite a bit of stuff from starting and appearing in the Task Bar. I removed McAfee and installed AVG. I disabled the Bluetooth Adapter, but the icon still shows up with "turn Bluetooth adapter on" as my only option when I right click.
Is there anyone with Windows Vista 64-bit that can help me narrow down my processes running and keep everything at a steady pace? I plan on putting this laptop through the tests soon, with an updated Photoshop, playing UT3, and using the UT3 3D editor- the latter will probably be the hardest on the computer.
Also, why do some processes have *32 beside the names? For example, BluetoohHeadsetProxy.exe*32 which is "Bluetooth Headset Skype Proxy"... I can probably disable that one, since I don't use Skype or headsets ![:D]()
Is it because the programs are only in 32 bit?
Thanks.
Nice toy, but can you show us an original Photoshop image you've created using 5GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB HD, 2.66GHz Centrino 2 Duo processor, ATI Radeon 512MB video card, and Windows Vista 64-bit?
Nice toy, but can you show us an original Photoshop image you've created using 5GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB HD, 2.66GHz Centrino 2 Duo processor, ATI Radeon 512MB video card, and Windows Vista 64-bit?
I don't have Photoshop on here yet. ![:(]()
Maybe these links will help, but as usual with these tweaks, proceed with caution.
http://www.vistarewired.com/2007/02/18/services
http://www.speedyvista.com/services.php
And of course the ever popular Black Viper guide:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm
Thanks for this. I found a few of them that I can go ahead and disable. I'm sure I can disable many more once I get to college, but since I'm not sure what I'll be doing with this laptop, I better just keep the confusing ones enabled. ![:)]()
By the way, have you ever heard of the Vista Ultimate volume pop-up disappearing? Not like a typical pop-up with the minimize, maximize, and close buttons, but just a translucent screen that shows the volume as you change it(like the Macs). It's not coming up anymore, even after a restart. ![:blink:]()
I don't have Vista, and even after a bit of googling I can't help you with that one, but there are other Vista users on here may have some ideas.
I don't have Vista, and even after a bit of googling I can't help you with that one, but there are other Vista users on here may have some ideas.
Thanks. I Googled myself, but I only found information on sound drivers and hardware issues. Using the word "pop-up" wasn't helpful either, since well... that brought up results about pop-ups in Vista. ![:lol:]()
Thanks hazelnut and Dennis. The link above gave me my answer. I disabled Quickset and thats why my volume "pop-up" disappeared. ![<_<]()
Oh well, I guess I'll have to live with the 70+ processes running.
I wouldn't worry about having those processes running.
Most people on XP, as well as Vista, have a lot of stuff running over and above what you can tweak via "Services". As long as you don't have any major slowdown problems then I'd just leave well alone.