[nfbcs] Getting Rid of Process That Do Not Go Away Upon Exit without Using the Task Manager

[Kevin]

I think what we are seeing is something opening several tasks and 
gobbling ram.  The words fork bomb come to mind.


On 6/5/2019 9:07 AM, Rasmussen, Lloyd via nfbcs wrote:
> I think it is normal to have 75 to 100 processes running. The questions to ask are how much RAM is available for use and what percent of processor time is being used by them. These numbers are dynamic; press F5 a couple of times in Task Manager and look at the summary with Insert-PgDn.
> Wherever possible, I think it's better to investigate a program's settings regarding pre-fetch, cloud connection, etc. rather than using a crow-bar on the registry.
>
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> From: nfbcs <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs
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> Cc: Nicole Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
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> 	Believe me, I have already thoroughly cleaned the startup list, including a program that allows me to see, change, and even remove all start up registry entries including ones not shown in msconfig. I absolutely hate the fact that every new program thinks that it gets to run at start up.
> 	That's what I thought...there is not really a solution to this problem of programs that don't really close.
>
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> You may need to actually kill the process manually.  Also, check your startup folder and clear stuff out of there.
>
>
> On 6/4/2019 1:05 AM, Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs wrote:
>>               I use JAWS on a laptop. In addition to too many processes
>> slowing down JAWS, I don't like having to plug in my laptop every hour or so
>> just because there is too much stuff running in the background. Sometimes,
>> when I close a program, the process does not go away. The most frequent
>> culprit is Adobe Acrobat. I often check the task manager anyway, but it is
>> still extremely annoying. Is there some way to reinforce to programs that
>> close means go away completely-not go lurk in the background?
>>
>>    
>>
>> Nicole
>>
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