Whats running in the background

I do not know how to identify the items running in the background and slowing down my computer.

Open Activity Monitor (Applications > Utilities) and take a look.

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  • How can I determine what is running in the background on my ipad?

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    Message was edited by: Colin Robinson
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  • How do i see what applications are running in the background

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  • HT1338 My special characters screen for pages is running in the background no matter what I do.  It randomly pops up and then goes away.  I can't close it even though I have closed pages and restarted my computer.  How can I stop this.

    My special characters screen for pages is running in the background no matter what I do.  It randomly pops up and then goes away.  I can't close it even though I have closed pages and restarted my computer.  How can I stop this.

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  • How can I know what apps are running in the background of Q10

    My battery is not lasting more than 12 hours even though I'm moderately using it. How can I tell which applications are running in the background?

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  • Can a java program be run in the background?

    Hi all,
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    I'm the administrator of all the computers. Then as I said there are commercial applications that do that.
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  • How do i turn off apps running in the background

    How do I stop apps from running in the background?

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  • Apps running in the background

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    Whichever app was running (e.g. ipod) will now be forced to close.
    ** note: To close safari, you can simply close all the "tabs" down, and then exit. If you close safari when there are no tabs in use, it will completely shut down.

  • Program running in the background

    Hello!
    I am wondering if it is possible to create a java program that runs in the background on a mobile phone. I.E can it run without beeing interuppted by a call or the locking of the key pad.
    Is it possible to let the program run without interfering with the normal functionallity of the phone?

    qnx wrote:
    1) Stop trying to make spyware. -> I don't do anything like this!
    2) Stop re-posting the same questions. -> didn't know they are the same, sorry.
    3) Stop taking us for fools. -> what? Honestly, I don't think that I realy deserved this :)With a limited posting history and the type of questions you are asking they are unusual.
    There are very few legitimate problem domains that would require what you are asking about. There are illegitimate ones though. And the legitimate ones would generally require someone with quite a bit of programming experience and would also be required (the fact that java can't do it would not get rid of the requirement.)
    Thus one might make assumptions about your intentions.

  • Firefox running in the background

    I've noticed that Firefox often hangs and keeps running in the background even after I closed the browsing windows, which is quite annoying.
    I'd like to use a VPN but it's kind of pointless given such an error; I'd switch it off thinking Firefox is down but it's running.
    I've had problems with constant error messages and slow performance.
    I'm sure there are ways to work around this, such as shutting down the process in task manager each time or changing this and that setting, but can we expect a version that does not contain this error in the first place?
    That would be so much easier.

    I have noticed that sometimes I suspect, but it has been either explainable, or on other persons machines where I have not been able to troubleshoot
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    * [[Update Firefox to the latest version]]
    As a first troubleshooting step then try Firefox in its safe mode. That is a temporary and reversible troubleshooting stage with some features shut down
    * [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]]
    You mention error messages please paste them into your next reply, (or attach as a screenshot) and say what you were doing at that time.
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    I would also point out there is a reported but unfixed bug (or was last week) on what was the Aurora channel and is now called Developer Edition, that some times causes this, but even worse as it crashes and locks profiles.
    Unusual that, common bugs breaking through form Nightly to Aurora.

  • Vi running in the background

    Hi,
    I try to write a VI running in the background -- but it doesn't work properly.
    The VI is supposed to do the following:
    hide the panel
    write 1st time (actual time) to c:\temp\wtft.txt
    wait 5 sec
    write 2nd time (actual time) to c:\temp\wtft.txt
    show the panel
    wait 1 sec (just to see the panel)
    exit
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    Everything works as expected in the development system. But it doesn't after building an application. When running as application, the 2nd time won't be written to the text file if the panel is hidden. As far as I underst
    and that's because the VI is terminated after the panel is closed. But I have a reference to the VI opened and I just close it after showing the panel again.
    Can someone give me a hint what I'm doing wrong?
    The VI in question is attached. We're running LabView 6.1 in Windows 2000.
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    Attachments:
    wtft.zip ‏21 KB

    A built application must always have one window visible, otherwise the application terminates, having a reference open does not help.
    Opening a reference to avoid a VI from terminating is useful e.g. if you dynamically load a VI using an invoke node and the wait until finished set to false (if you close the reference the VI will terminate...the trick is to make it open a reference to itself prior to closing the reference in the caller). But again - the application must always have one window visible. That window can be minimized and/or moved off-screen, but not closed.
    MTO

  • IE11 running in the background in Windows 7

    IE 11 is running in the background and uses alot of memory where you can't watch a video or play a game.  I have seen that this problem goes back to 2004 and no where is there a real solution to this problem.  It is not a virus or malware. 
    I have run virus and malware programs and they find nothing.  I have notice that when CTF loader comes up an IE 11 task starts running.  All I want to know is how to stop IE 11 from running in the background.  I have read many solutions to the
    problem and it is obvious that many do not have any idea of the problem nor how to solve it.  All I would like is a solution to the problem, if there is one.

    when CTF loader comes up an IE 11 task starts running. 
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    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/6e5ac78f-604a-4645-84bd-66e66d3625d5/ctf-loader?forum=exchangesvradminlegacy
    (Microsoft search for
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    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/what-is-ctfmonexe-and-why-is-it-running/
    (BING search for
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