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Johnny Smith wrote in message <373290F8.5955C954@telebot.net>...
>As proof of such, close everything so that the taskbar is completely emtpy
and the only
>thing you see is the start button. Now, please do the three finger,
nothing left to
>lose, windows puked again, salute. (Control-Alt-Delete) There should
appear a box in
>the center of the screen.
>Look at what is listed in that box. Each item that appears is a
thread/program of some
>sort. These NEED to be closed/terminated. If you think for one instant
that these
>background threads/programs are inconsequential, Montey is going to inform
you that you
>JUST missed "computer trivia" for 500, and that you just lost the double
jeopardy round.
Actually, most of these background processes ARE inconsequential, taking up
(on my computer) less than 1/10 of a percent of the processor time combined.
The exception? Explorer, at 1% of processor time.
To find out how much processor time each program is using, download a
utility called WinTop.
Mark
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