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How to check which services are using too much memory
I have a Windows 10 laptop that constantly has high memory usage, even on idle. I did a selective startup with Microsoft and Intel services only, but the memory usage was only marginally lower than ...
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Windows what is NetCrawl service?
In my services in Windows I have NetCrawl I read that it is some sort of ad managing software that is absolutely not needed and even better disabled. Is it so? Can I just disable it everywhere?
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Stop services when not used
My PC is installed with softwares like Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008 etc.
I need these softwares very rarely, for example once in a month.
How can I improve my PC performance by stopping ...
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xperf profile services
When I profile using xperf there are always cases when I see, that, say svhost(1552) "eating resources". I could then go to ProcessExplorer and see that svhost(1552) running like 10 services.
How to ...
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ThinkPad Windows 7 laptop is often slow but only when plugged into AC power
It's a ThinkPad W510, with Windows 7.
I've been struggling with this since I got the laptop. Very often, say for 20-30 minutes at a time several times a day, the laptop gets painfully slow. I'm ...
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Is there a "Run Level Configurator" for Windows XP?
I have been having trouble with something causing my Windows XP system to take 6-8 minutes to startup from a cold boot. Something is happening during startup that is causing the system to crawl.
I ...
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