Task Manager Process Enquiry

1960darrenh · 05-01-2006, 10:34 PM

Hi Chaps.

Does anyone know what these Processes that are running on my Pc are?

Zlclient
csrss.exe
ctfmon.exe
Lsass.exe
Winlogon
Spoolsv.exe
Cidaemon.exe
Cisvc.exe
Alg.exe
Wdfmgr.exe
Smss.exe

These are just the ones running that I dont know what they are for. I actually have 31 Procceses running everytime I Boot Up. Only about 5 of them are Programs that dont need to be run so I still have 26 Procceses that perhaps dont need to be going. I currently have a 1.5Gb Page File too!

[-0MEGA-] · 05-01-2006, 10:36 PM

csrss.exe, lsass.exe, winlogon, spoolsv.exe are windows related i know, i think some more are but i cant be certain.

If you want to know more about each process, try googling it.

celsdogg · 05-01-2006, 10:37 PM

you could look up all of those on google. i know zclient is zone alarm. there are several windows processes there that are fine.

JustCallMeBob · 05-01-2006, 11:08 PM

Yiikes, relax man, no need to scream, im right here

. Look here, and you'll figure out terminating all those 26 aint the smartest thing to do. Besides 31 aint really that many.

EDIT: Misspelled the link

**Buzz1927** · 05-01-2006, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JustCallMeBob

Yiikes, relax man, no need to scream, im right here

Are you the man?

And it depends where all those files are running from.

JustCallMeBob · 05-02-2006, 07:41 PM

No hes the man and im one of those losers hanging in this forum. I just happened to be writing my own reply.

EDIT: And i didnt say he couldnt terminate some of those 26. I said terminating ALL, since he said: I still have 26 Procceses that perhaps dont need to be going. I thought it sounded like he meant all of them.

05-01-2006, 10:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
1960darrenh Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Age: 34 Posts: 54	Task Manager Process Enquiry Hi Chaps. Does anyone know what these Processes that are running on my Pc are? Zlclient csrss.exe ctfmon.exe Lsass.exe Winlogon Spoolsv.exe Cidaemon.exe Cisvc.exe Alg.exe Wdfmgr.exe Smss.exe These are just the ones running that I dont know what they are for. I actually have 31 Procceses running everytime I Boot Up. Only about 5 of them are Programs that dont need to be run so I still have 26 Procceses that perhaps dont need to be going. I currently have a 1.5Gb Page File too! __________________ 2.66mhz Intel Celeron D330 Processor Intel Springdale G I865G Chipset 1024Mb PC3200 DDR SDRAM 30GB+ 80GB Hard Drive CD/RW DVD-ROM 17" TFT Monitor Windows XP Pro

05-01-2006, 10:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 27,068	csrss.exe, lsass.exe, winlogon, spoolsv.exe are windows related i know, i think some more are but i cant be certain. If you want to know more about each process, try googling it. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

05-01-2006, 10:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
celsdogg Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Age: 26 Posts: 306	you could look up all of those on google. i know zclient is zone alarm. there are several windows processes there that are fine. __________________ VALERIE - AMD Athlon XP Palomino 1800+, 1GB DDR SDRAM, nVidia GeForceFX 5700 128MB DDR, two 160GB Seagate HDD, two 250GB Seagate HDD, WinXP Pro SARAH (Toshiba Laptop) - Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz, 512MB DDR SDRAM, Trident Cyberblade XP2 32MB, 60GB Samsung HDD, Ubuntu Linux 7.10 MARGARET - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB Corsair XMS DDR400 Dual Channel, nVidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR PCIE, 80GB Seagate SATA, 60GB Maxtor PATA, 60GB WD PATA Ubuntu Linux 7.10 + WinXP Pro

05-02-2006, 07:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
JustCallMeBob Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 69	No hes the man and im one of those losers hanging in this forum. I just happened to be writing my own reply. EDIT: And i didnt say he couldnt terminate some of those 26. I said terminating ALL, since he said: I still have 26 Procceses that perhaps dont need to be going. I thought it sounded like he meant all of them. Last edited by JustCallMeBob; 05-02-2006 at 07:45 PM.

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05-01-2006, 11:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
JustCallMeBob Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 69	Yiikes, relax man, no need to scream, im right here . Look here, and you'll figure out terminating all those 26 aint the smartest thing to do. Besides 31 aint really that many. EDIT: Misspelled the link