Noob task manager question

Ok fixed all my other task manager problems except that now my Iexplorer takes up 56,000K and it runs extremely slowly. I may have accidentally ended it's program through the task manager.



Edit: Crap the problem started all over again this time I don't have viruses or spyware. My computer lags out with java and Iexplorer.

First off, this probably isn't the right forum.



For questions like this, you may want to post the specs for your computer...

Processor speed... amount of memory... operating system... etc.



My guess is that you probably have spyware hogging up your resources, since you say you're pretty much a newbie to computers. That would be my first guess.



Second guess would be that you have a slow pc with a low amount of memory. Nowadays with broadband available, I can't really see having anything less than a 2 Gig Processor speed with a bare minimum of 512 Megs of RAM. I have a 1.7 overclocked to a little over 1.8 and think it's too slow. Another thing is software nowadays hogs resources... well it pretty much always has since DOS. Which is why processors become obsolete so fast.



Another thing may be virtual memory and hard drive space left.

reformat, and dont remove anything.

Sadly I'm even more noob than you prabably think, because I dont understand half of what you said. Maybe I could take a screenshot of my task manager stuff, but i don't even remember which Fuction Key is used for screenshots.



Here's some specs I guess:



CPU Usage: all over the place. High whenever I use a Java program.

PF Usage: 292 MB



Totals

Handles 10583

Threads 441

Processes 39



Commit Charge

Total 299804

Limit 559812 (used to be around 800,000)

Peak 338988 (was 559812)



Physical Memory (K)

Total 228896

Available 50568

System Cache 76566



Kernel Memory (K)

Total 34480

Paged 28392

Nonpaged 6084



Hopefully that helps I use a windows XP.

javaw.exe is a Java process that is affiliated with Internet Explorer. Deleting it could be why IE is taking up a few to many resources. Do you have your Windows XP CD?

It's not a good ideal to mess with the processes in task Manager, because those are there to make your computer run smoothly! Processes are information being prossesed, so things that are running, will have some sort of process to them.

If you messed up the java process, try re-installing JAVA. Usualy a processes comes back if you restart your computer. Can you find out what process is taking most of the % of your CPU when it's going 100%?

EDIT: here's a link to the JAVA downlaod place if you need it: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
Hopefully that will restore the missing processes. Good luck

EDIT: oh, and if you want to, you can also check if it's spyware hogging up your ressource. Here is a nice program that can scan and remove any harmfull adware, http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Ok I'm all good except now my Iexplorer is taking up 48,000K.

Ok I'm all good except now my Iexplorer is taking up 56,000K. and it's running VERY slowly.



Edit: Sorry double post thought I was editing.

Is this IE6? That is really high if it is. Try some of the anti spywre stuff suggested above.

No clue. It just says Internet Explorer so for all I know it could be.