>I am trying to figure out why my laptop is running so slowly. I opened Task Manager and there are 44 processes running. I have no applications open.
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>15 of the processes are listed under my login. 2 Local services and 4 network services. 23 of the processes are listed under System.
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>Now I find it hard to beleive that simply starting my PC would require 44 processes to start and be running. Anyone wanna suggest a course of action? I have no idea what's required and what isn't.

A tool I use is called Process Quick Link. I run the program at startup, and it hooks into the Windows Task Manager so that you can click on an icon next to each process. When you click on the icon, it takes you to a ProcessLibrary.com page that gives you more information about the process.