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Task manager shows I currently have 250+ processes running. Is this normal?

Anonymous
2024-04-08T10:32:30+00:00

Model: Huawei Matebook D16

Version: W11 Home Single Language 23H2

CPU: 12th Gen Intel i5-12450H

GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620

I decided to check how many processes were running. I opened task manger to see 250+ (Currently 288) processes running. After seeing people asking if 80 is considered too much I am really concerned about the state of my PC. Is this a normal thing?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-04-08T11:10:35+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Windows and many of the applications installed on your PC are multi-threaded, that means the main processes are split into smaller processes so they can run on the various cores on your processor, so one core does not become overloaded and bottleneck, that is normal on all modern versions of Windows.

    Svchost alone will have 70+ versions running in the background for Windows processes, if you are seeing any other process like Rundll having many processes running, please provide a screenshot of that in Task Manager.

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