Author: Bo Persson
Date: 08:24:49 11/08/05
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On November 06, 2005 at 21:03:06, James T. Walker wrote: >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 But that is only true as long as there is plenty of room available. If and when an 800 MB chess program comes along, the idle guys will have to move over (to the swap file). Bo Persson
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