any explication of this phenomenon - when no applications are running, officially?

[lei.talk]

where is that sign-smilie
which says "technical issues"?


http://i42.tinypic.com/29vzbpd.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/2w39onm.jpg
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[RoyBatty]

You've possibly got antivirus apps, firewalls and goodness knows what else running in the background, hence the memory got munched up. Unfortunately a lot of (not always necessary) programs load themselves during boot time and hog the system.

[Lahtari]

You have almost 50 processes running in the background. To see which one is causing the load, click the "Processes"-tab and it'll show you the percentage of CPU and memory use per process.

[Baron Samedi]

Yeah, certainly reduce the amount of process running in the background, as it really hampers RAM performance.

[lei.talk]

You have almost 50 processes running in the background. To see which one is causing the load, click the "Processes"-tab and it'll show you the percentage of CPU and memory use per process.yes, it does:

http://i41.tinypic.com/20toyt0.jpg
Yeah, certainly reduce the amount of process running in the background, as it really hampers RAM performance.how does one choose which processes
and, then, reduce them?
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[Skandi]

You've recently tried to close an unresponsive window? and it hasn't yet closed that will be one problem.


The Teatimer app is;

The process System settings protector belongs to the software Spybot - Search & Destroy or TeaTimer.exe or MapSource or TeaTimer.exe" by Safer Networking Limited (security.kolla.de).

Description: File TeaTimer.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings" (typically C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 1,415,824 bytes (75% of all occurrence), 1,038,336 bytes, 2,097,488 bytes, 1,446,040 bytes, 16,897 bytes, 25,600 bytes, 1,460,560 bytes.
There is an icon for this program on the taskbar next to the clock. The program has a visible window. TeaTimer.exe is not a Windows core file. The program can be removed using the control panel Add\Remove programs applet. The file is a Verisign signed file. The file is digitally signed. TeaTimer.exe is able to record inputs, monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 5% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

[lei.talk]

To see which one is causing the load, click the "Processes"-tab
and it'll show you the percentage of CPU and memory use per process.what is this one so busy doing?
https://i.imgur.com/X84prj1.png
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[Rudy]

It is a non-essential file. It is possible to "end process" with it.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090520050707AAq9oGv

[SwordoftheVistula]

how does one choose which processes
and, then, reduce them?

If you don't recognize it, and it uses a lot of resources, close it. If this crashes your computer or causes other problems, don't close it next time.

[Loki]

If you don't recognize it, and it uses a lot of resources, close it. If this crashes your computer or causes other problems, don't close it next time.

Yes, and I've always found it useful to google filetypes that I don't recognise, to see if they're important or malicious. For example dumprep.exe (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=dumprep.exe&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=).

[Tabiti]

What CPU, RAM, OS and Antivirus you have?
If the the problem still exists, I recommend you to preinstall Windows. This is the easiest way with all Microsoft products, at least for me ;)

[Lahtari]

what is this one so busy doing?

You need to disable error reporting:

http://www.eddieoneverything.com/windows-xp/how-to-disable-dumprepexe-dump-reporting-tool-on-windows-xp.php

I've always kept it off without problems.

But the fact that your computer is continuously generating crash dumps is a probable indicator of some other problem, bigger or smaller.