I'm sure you're right about it being too many, but I have 66 processes
currently running on my XP laptop and don't have problems using Movie Maker
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"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
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> 56 processes are way to many,try R.clicking the task bar,select:task
> manager
> Write down the running processes on paper,close out task mgr.Go to my
> compu-
> ter,search,all file types/include hidden files,etc.Type in the service as
> it was
> listed in task mgr,see where/what it comes from,if not needed,remove from
> add/remove programs..Also,usually its the 3rd party software you need to
> remove..
>
> "dixiechik" wrote:
>
>> I have been having problems with viewing any type of movie or news clip
>> on my
>> Windows XP. I checked and I have all of my upgrades. The video clip
>> will
>> start and stop and the audio part is not in sync with the video if the
>> audio
>> plays at all. Other times the video will start, but stops again and it
>> shows
>> that buffering is still going on. Someone wrote back and said that I
>> had
>> too many processes running (I have 56) and I don't know how to get rid of
>> the
>> "bad" ones without messing up my computer. I know how to work on a
>> computer
>> but don't know the technical lingo so all answers in plain, easy to
>> understand English would be preferred.