problems with 3dmark05 because of too many background processes

[mastrduke]

Q: 3DMark05 sometimes interrupts the benchmark run or demo with an error message and asks if an error report should be sent.
A: We have seen this kind of errors on a few systems with Windows XP Service Pack 2 and a lot of background processes running while benchmarking or running the demo. You should always reboot your system and shut down as many background processes as possible when running 3DMark.



this is off the futuremark faq page...it seems it happens to a lot of people...how do i get rid of the background processes...because when i hit ctrl + alt = del and then hit processes tab i have between 30-40 processes running....isnt that more than there should be? plz help


thx

 

[Dman877]

Right after boot I have 21 processes running, do you have a lot of taskbar crap loaded on startup? like AIM, weatherbug, etc?

 

[ITPaladin]

Pro would have more services running than Home as well.

I have disabled some services that I don't need.

Be sure to disable the Indexing service if you don't need faster file searching. That one is a performance hog.

 

[mastrduke]

i use home....no just drivers and av and zonealarm and keyboard util, windows xp sp 2 security thing, msn, quicktime (i dont no how to get those 2 off),nvidia settings, and a sound thing i can figure out how to take off either

how do i know what i dont need?

 

[ITPaladin]

You can stop a program from auto starting in its options / preferences.

 

[gwai lo]

or via msconfig and for some you could just end the process in the task manager...

 

[Jynx980]

Here is a good site for Windows XP services and some other things that may be running in the bg.

 

[mastrduke]

i just read in the new review here(mobo and cpu price one) that some programs with atlon 64 and sp2 have probs running sometimes and close because of error...it said something about the data execution programs (DEP) and that u need to go in and make it an exception...how do u do this?