wmpnetwk.exe uses memory on Windows 7

Tony1994 · Dec 31, 2009

hi i was searching google for an answer on how to stop wmpnetwk.exe from running as like topcat it eats up ram.
i am using a hp touchsmart 300-1015uk computer with windows 7 and the control panel has changed so i couldnt follow previous instructions please help Tony.

DavidGP · Dec 31, 2009

Hi

Moved your post to its own from the old post to here.

Steps are a little simpler for you in Windows 7, just click the Start orb and type in the Start Search box services and it will show in the list, just click it (icon looks like two blue cogs) then go down the list of services until you find WMPNetworkSvc and stop it and set its startup type to disabled.

Longer way is to click Start > Control Panel > System And Security and then Administrative Tools > Services

Tony1994 · Jan 14, 2010

Hithanks for the simple steps its cleared up alot of ram usage but i still find the computer using quite a bit of ram still any other advice u could offer to lower this sorry for being a pain thanks Tony

DavidGP · Jan 14, 2010

Hi Tony

Not a pain at all, so dont ever think that, just ask your questions, even if you think they maybe simple to some, if you dont know you dont know.

But back to your additional question, yes, its very possible that your PC is starting with many applications starting up that dont need to, say MSN Messeneger, Java/Quicktime/Adobe etc updaters and other applications. What you can do to try and reduce the really un needed applications is to disable or remove them from starting up in the first place, as you can manually start them if you want to use them from the Start menu.

Download and run WhatsInStartup and its a standalone app so just download and unzip and then run it, then highlight all the startups as in the below screenshot from my PC.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3362/ss1dv.jpg

Then click File > Save Selected Items and name your text file as StartupLog and save to desktop, then attach the log with the below instructions.

Then attach your log to your next post as per these instructions HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post
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and we can see what startups you can disable or delete, you can also check on the startups yourself HERE if you wish.

Application we may use to disable any startups will be StartupCPL as I have not as yet tested it or another one I have to test to see if the application earlier uses MSCONFIG to manage startups and there are a few reasons why not to use this route to disable startups.

Tony1994 · Jan 18, 2010

Hi these are my startup things and thanks guys

Tony1994 · Feb 13, 2010

hi any luck finding out what i should disable on my startup yet. thanks tony

Noone · Feb 13, 2010

You can go into each program's configuration and tell it not to load on system startup. It's different in each program. If you don't the program will probably put itself back into your startup options when you run it. Really it's about what you use. Personally, I'd uninstall google toolbar and get rid of the software updater (java, openoffice, quicktime, adobe downloader, EOA dowloader, etc.) entries.

augiedoggie · Feb 13, 2010

Tony1994 said: ↑

hi any luck finding out what i should disable on my startup yet. thanks tony
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I can't help you on startups but I can say that W7, along with Vista, normally use about %50 of your memory, I have 4GB , a big departure from the XP philosophy. Vista and W7 are very good at relinquishing memory so don't worry about them using your memory as it makes the OS respond faster. If you go way over %50 then you might want to reduce your startups.

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