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Subject: Re: Task Manager question

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 18:03:06 11/06/05

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On November 06, 2005 at 20:38:02, K. Burcham wrote:

>On November 06, 2005 at 18:30:00, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>When starting my computer and then checking the Task Manager I see 50 processes
>>listed.  If I'm only going to run chess programs which if any of the 50
>>processes listed after startup can I delete safely?  Anyone know for sure?
>>Thanks for the help.
>>Jim
>
>James,
>
>open task manager
>select "processes" tab.
>
>Notice under the CPU column. This is percentage of use by each that is listed.
>Your chess program when running will be in this list and should be 96% to 99%.
>Notice the others are at 0%.
>
>kburcham

Yes I know they are not doing anything but they are taking up memory.  The 50
processes are taking up almost 300 Meg of my 1 Gig.  That's why I want to know
if it's safe to delete them before starting my chess programs.
Jim



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