Processes

I'm now 35 with a Computer Engineering degree. I started toying with computers (Commodore 64/128) when I was 5, wrote my first code (in BASIC) when I was 8 and built my first PC (486DX 33MHz, 4MB RAM, 100MB HDD) when I was 12. Not impressive to the current generation of kids, but I was really into computers WAY before 90% of people out there.
I'm hardly a renowned expert, but I have ALWAYS been a big fan of checking system processes regularly, which is how I stumbled upon this forum. With all the bloat-ware out there now (including junk baked into Win8), it is common to see Task Manager with 100+ processes and services running. Lots of them are total **** (or worse!), so you are wise if you check them out to see if some rogue keylogger is shipping out all your passwords to Russia.
WARNING! Made-up Statistic! - Most people use 17.32% of their computer's capability, but everyone uses a different 17.32%. Lots of bloat-ware doesn't apply to most people and can be removed/disabled for those that aren't using it for optimal performance.Maybe if IT Professionals invested more time and resources investigating rogue processes, we may not be hearing about major data breaches every 3 months...--- "cheepgeek", 2015 at answers.microsoft.com"In reply to CrazyShooTa's post on February 10, 2015"