One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is 2500
too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
Thanks again.

=?Utf-8?B?S2F0aHk=?= wrote:
>
> One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
> laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is 2500
> too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?

YEs, 2,500 indicates a serious problem.


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....processes basically are applications (or parts of an application) which
run when you use your laptop/computer. 2500 processes running is
alot....(compare: I have 40 processes running). That could be one of the
problems your laptop is being slow.

Try to run your ad-aware (full scan) and DELETE all of the threads. Maybe
using a second Anti-Spyware application like Microsoft Anti-Spyware or Spybot
will do the job. Scan your system for virusses using an anti-virus
application (like Norton/McAfee/Bitdefender) and empty temp. folders (like
c:\documents&settings\"username"\local settings\temp).

To speed up your laptop, there are many little things you can do. Try google
(tune up XP/fast XP)

hope this helps.

Regards

"Kathy" wrote:

> One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
> laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is 2500
> too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
> Thanks again.

Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com AKA Kathy on 1/2/2006 in
<2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com> after much
thought,came up with this jewel:

> One more question and I'm through for the night. When running
> AdAware, laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running
> process? Is 2500 too many? Could that have anything to do with the
> laptop being so slow? Thanks again.
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Kathy,

I think you mean process modules, not running modules . I have no spyware &
ad-aware still shows 1,147 running modules. I'm not completely sure but I
think Ad-aware considers a running module a .dll file that is in use. But
2,500 does seem like a lot though.

Drew

"Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com...
> One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
> laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is
> 2500
> too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
> Thanks again.

hmm, could you make a print screen or export a log file and send it to my
e-mail address? Maybe than we can fix this issue

"Drew Tognola" wrote:

> Kathy,
>
> I think you mean process modules, not running modules . I have no spyware &
> ad-aware still shows 1,147 running modules. I'm not completely sure but I
> think Ad-aware considers a running module a .dll file that is in use. But
> 2,500 does seem like a lot though.
>
> Drew
>
> "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com...
> > One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
> > laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is
> > 2500
> > too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
> > Thanks again.
>
>
>

I will certainly try. This is daughters laptop and i think she needs a crash
course in maintenance. I will try to forward that right now. You all are
great. Thanks.

"Korsakow" wrote:

> hmm, could you make a print screen or export a log file and send it to my
> e-mail address? Maybe than we can fix this issue
>
> "Drew Tognola" wrote:
>
> > Kathy,
> >
> > I think you mean process modules, not running modules . I have no spyware &
> > ad-aware still shows 1,147 running modules. I'm not completely sure but I
> > think Ad-aware considers a running module a .dll file that is in use. But
> > 2,500 does seem like a lot though.
> >
> > Drew
> >
> > "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com...
> > > One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
> > > laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is
> > > 2500
> > > too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
> > > Thanks again.
> >
> >
> >

To all,
For the good of the newsgroup, here's a pic of my Ad-aware scan after a full
system scan. As you can see I have no spyware, 28 running processes, but
have 1,228 Process Modules running. I also use 3 other spyware apps
(PestPatrol, Spyware Dr. & Microsoft Antispyware), plus Norton Antivirus
2005 so I'm positive I have no spyware or viruses on my computer.

http://members.fortunecity.com/drewt...scanresult.htm
Drew



"Korsakow" <Korsakow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:75174957-0ECF-4492-AC34-88DC9129EC18@microsoft.com...
> hmm, could you make a print screen or export a log file and send it to my
> e-mail address? Maybe than we can fix this issue
>
> "Drew Tognola" wrote:
>
>> Kathy,
>>
>> I think you mean process modules, not running modules . I have no spyware
>> &
>> ad-aware still shows 1,147 running modules. I'm not completely sure but I
>> think Ad-aware considers a running module a .dll file that is in use. But
>> 2,500 does seem like a lot though.
>>
>> Drew
>>
>> "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com...
>> > One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
>> > laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process?
>> > Is
>> > 2500
>> > too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
>> > Thanks again.
>>
>>
>>

Drew, i just tried to email a log file to you. Don't be surprised if I
didn't do it right. Just let me know and I'll try it again. And on this
scan, the running processes was 45 and modules was 2147. Sorry. Hard to
diagnose a problem if not provided with accurate facts, huh? Thanks to
everyone again.

"Korsakow" wrote:

> hmm, could you make a print screen or export a log file and send it to my
> e-mail address? Maybe than we can fix this issue
>
> "Drew Tognola" wrote:
>
> > Kathy,
> >
> > I think you mean process modules, not running modules . I have no spyware &
> > ad-aware still shows 1,147 running modules. I'm not completely sure but I
> > think Ad-aware considers a running module a .dll file that is in use. But
> > 2,500 does seem like a lot though.
> >
> > Drew
> >
> > "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com...
> > > One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
> > > laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is
> > > 2500
> > > too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
> > > Thanks again.
> >
> >
> >

Kathy,

The e-mail address listed isn't active anymore. Can you resend it to:
bestgungi@yahoo.com and I'll take a look. I'm not sure when I'll get a
chance to reply back however (to this newsgroup). Thanks.

Drew

"Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41BE1E8B-C7C0-4D4C-8459-B8B107E67745@microsoft.com...
> Drew, i just tried to email a log file to you. Don't be surprised if I
> didn't do it right. Just let me know and I'll try it again. And on this
> scan, the running processes was 45 and modules was 2147. Sorry. Hard to
> diagnose a problem if not provided with accurate facts, huh? Thanks to
> everyone again.
>
> "Korsakow" wrote:
>
>> hmm, could you make a print screen or export a log file and send it to my
>> e-mail address? Maybe than we can fix this issue
>>
>> "Drew Tognola" wrote:
>>
>> > Kathy,
>> >
>> > I think you mean process modules, not running modules . I have no
>> > spyware &
>> > ad-aware still shows 1,147 running modules. I'm not completely sure but
>> > I
>> > think Ad-aware considers a running module a .dll file that is in use.
>> > But
>> > 2,500 does seem like a lot though.
>> >
>> > Drew
>> >
>> > "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com...
>> > > One more question and I'm through for the night. When running
>> > > AdAware,
>> > > laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process?
>> > > Is
>> > > 2500
>> > > too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so
>> > > slow?
>> > > Thanks again.
>> >
>> >
>> >

No problem Drew. And no rush. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

"Drew Tognola" wrote:

> Kathy,
>
> The e-mail address listed isn't active anymore. Can you resend it to:
> bestgungi@yahoo.com and I'll take a look. I'm not sure when I'll get a
> chance to reply back however (to this newsgroup). Thanks.
>
> Drew
>
> "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:41BE1E8B-C7C0-4D4C-8459-B8B107E67745@microsoft.com...
> > Drew, i just tried to email a log file to you. Don't be surprised if I
> > didn't do it right. Just let me know and I'll try it again. And on this
> > scan, the running processes was 45 and modules was 2147. Sorry. Hard to
> > diagnose a problem if not provided with accurate facts, huh? Thanks to
> > everyone again.
> >
> > "Korsakow" wrote:
> >
> >> hmm, could you make a print screen or export a log file and send it to my
> >> e-mail address? Maybe than we can fix this issue
> >>
> >> "Drew Tognola" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Kathy,
> >> >
> >> > I think you mean process modules, not running modules . I have no
> >> > spyware &
> >> > ad-aware still shows 1,147 running modules. I'm not completely sure but
> >> > I
> >> > think Ad-aware considers a running module a .dll file that is in use.
> >> > But
> >> > 2,500 does seem like a lot though.
> >> >
> >> > Drew
> >> >
> >> > "Kathy" <Kathy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:2A231C64-F5A1-495D-9BDA-D1DA496C0A0C@microsoft.com...
> >> > > One more question and I'm through for the night. When running
> >> > > AdAware,
> >> > > laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process?
> >> > > Is
> >> > > 2500
> >> > > too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so
> >> > > slow?
> >> > > Thanks again.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>
>

Kathy wrote:

> One more question and I'm through for the night. When running AdAware,
> laptop shows over 2500 running processes. What is a running process? Is 2500
> too many? Could that have anything to do with the laptop being so slow?
> Thanks again.

Kathy, all anti-malware scans need to be done in safe mode.

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

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