Cheers for the help earlier alec, doing what u suggested i've trimmed down my running processes to 23 for normal use, keeping full functionality, it had a huge impact on commitment charge too.
Its unfortunate i have to have the printer attached as it needs 2 services to run on the network, i never use it, only the gf for her course work. Its one of those huge multifunction devices, so its not like i can hide out of the way and get it out when she needs it.
attached new taskmgr screen
Thanks again
Ok, excellent... good deal! Yes, commit charge is how much RAM is currently "committed" with data, & has its cells charged (that is how I understand it, & counts for VM on pagefile.sys too (all RAM to these OS is VM (virtual memory)).
You use less? That also decreases, along w/ other I-O performed as well, which in turn allows processes & services you DO use, more CPU time.
MOST COMMON-SENSE THING IN THE WORLD imo @ least!
Working on it now, give me time to post DONE here -> (DONE)
USING TASKMGR.EXE right-click on process popup menu, STOP these:
TPUCapture.exe
sdhelp.exe
avgemc.exe
MsMPEng.exe
swdoctor.exe
avgcc.exe
ATITool.exe (sorry W1zz!)
uGuru_Event_Receiver.exe
RegMech.exe (I do a BETTER regcleaner, guaranteed, than this one, ask Solaris17)
MSASCui.exe
uGuru.exe
spoolsvc.exe (for printing/faxing, you can stall it using services.msc temporarily & restart later if needed)
(Some of those, you MAY need, but that is up to you (as I am NOT 100% sure what some of those are (custom services for apps YOU use, which you know better than I do on that note, they ARE your apps, not mine, on YOUR system))).
* There is your FINAL stage & starting point now that you have already cut back on services used via services.msc earlier...
REMEMBER:
When testing OR gaming?
YOU CAN EVEN STOP YOUR EXPLORER.EXE GUI DESKTOP SHELL TOO (massive I/O & cpu time stealer, constantly paging is why (noteable via pagefaults column in taskmgr.exe IF you make it visible for the PROCESSES TAB)).
You can restart it via taskmgr.exe File menu, RUN submenu, when done testing (along w/ other apps etc et al)
APK
P.S.=> Good luck! Even though you are NEAR your highscore & are having trouble passing it?
This should help IMMENSELY for increasing your score on ScienceMark 2.0 & other benchmarks tests!
(If not permanently once you figure out what you need to be running in the background in the way of services &/or apps... simply by "not running around waving your arms around all day" & instead using that energy for tasks you ACTUALLY DO! Like games!)... apk