My Task Manager has gone wonky

[BigandSlimey]

HELPPPPPPPP!

Actually, its not a biggy at all. I recently streamlined my WinXP by disabling services. Since then my Task Manager is missing information from the "User Name" column on the "Processes" Tab.

What service would cause this effect if disabled?

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9065/task7uh.png << screen grab

 

[Malak]

You might also want to check to see why it's an ugly shade of blue-green.

 

[BigandSlimey]

Originally posted by: Malak
You might also want to check to see why it's an ugly shade of blue-green.

You might also want to check to see why you suck so hard.

And it's Aqua, loser....

 

[BigandSlimey]

Sorry, that was awfully rude of me, what I meant to say was "lol"

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Hard to say without knowing what you disabled.

I know that WinXP Home's task manager looks the same (there are really no seperate users in XP home - all users are actually logged in as the Admin) so I would guess you've disabled some feature that's normally disabled in XP Home.

 

[BigandSlimey]

I have two users setup and I'm using XP-Pro.

I disabled almost all the services except for the crucial ones.

I followed BlackViper's services guide for the Barebones setup: http://web.archive.org/web/200411280841...ww.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

If I subtract the programs I load at startup, windows is only using 80mb, having no problems except this small one.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

Well as I said it's not a real problem. You've essentially turned your XP Pro into XP Home.

 

[Malak]

Knowing which user is doing what shouldn't be a concern. The only thing you need to worry about is if you see a service that shouldn't be there.

Oh and that aqua thing. Seriously, that's ugly dude.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

View --> Select Columns... --> check User Name

 

[stash]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
View --> Select Columns... --> check User Name

Way to look at the pic.

On topic, another one of BV's victim's bites the dust. Try setting the terminal services service back to manual (no need to start it). You'll probably need to reboot.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: STaSh

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
View --> Select Columns... --> check User Name

Way to look at the pic.

On topic, another one of BV's victim's bites the dust. Try setting the terminal services service back to manual (no need to start it). You'll probably need to reboot.

I normally turn it off,

 

[BigandSlimey]

Originally posted by: Malak
Knowing which user is doing what shouldn't be a concern. The only thing you need to worry about is if you see a service that shouldn't be there.

Oh and that aqua thing. Seriously, that's ugly dude.

The "SYSTEM" identifier helps me determine the windows core processes, thats the only thing that I really miss.

Re: Aqua

The default white won't do, especially if its late, your eyes are tired and the monitor's lowest brightness setting is still stupidly bright.

Originally posted by: STaSh
On topic, another one of BV's victim's bites the dust. Try setting the terminal services service back to manual (no need to start it). You'll probably need to reboot.

"Bites the dust" is a bit strong. Thanks for your advice, will try that.

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
I normally turn it off

Do you see the same thing I see?

 

[stash]

"Bites the dust" is a bit strong

Nothing is too strong for the idiocy that is Black Viper.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: BigandSlimey

Originally posted by: Malak
Knowing which user is doing what shouldn't be a concern. The only thing you need to worry about is if you see a service that shouldn't be there.

Oh and that aqua thing. Seriously, that's ugly dude.

The "SYSTEM" identifier helps me determine the windows core processes, thats the only thing that I really miss.

Re: Aqua

The default white won't do, especially if its late, your eyes are tired and the monitor's lowest brightness setting is still stupidly bright.

If you don't know which processes are core processes, then you shouldn't be following BV's guide. It's not hard to find out what a process belongs to. Do a google search for the process and click any link that goes to liutilities.com, they tell you exactly what the process does and whether you can turn it off.

Re: Aqua

Hack uxthemes.dll and download some styles. Personally I like white, but that's up to you. Aqua is ugly, no matter what.

 

[UTnick]

alright boss go back and restart terminal services. this will fix your issue. but uh, change the color too. and i just realized i am a retard and this was answered already. i am out.