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Hi.

Is it ok to have Windows Defender running together with Windows Live OneCare or do they interfere with each other.?
It seems that without having it running the feature to control startup programs is not available.
And I'm not a friend to control them from System Configuration as selective startup options because I'm not sure if this is the proper way to do it.
Also I'm kinda afraid of the tweaking tools like Vista Manager for example because I'm getting the feeling that all these companies selling these programs just put them out on the market without the proper research and testing before.

;) Hi all. I'm wondering how others are managing their Vista startup programs. I know there's msconfig, but this method has given my friends an issue with "Windows blocked startup programs" upon every reboot. I've read posts about using...

I recently noticed that my CPU idle is quite high and is consistently between 20-30% even when I am not using the computer even after a fresh restart. I have found that it is the System process (not the System Idle proces) which is hogging 20-29% of my CPU.

Acer Ferrari 4000 Notebook
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AMD Turion 64 Mobile 2.0 GHz Processor
1 GB RAM
Windows Vista Buisiness RTM
Broadcom NetLink Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000

I used msconfig to disable all startup programs and non-Microsoft services. Upon restart this is what my CPU usage looked like after letting the computer sit for 5 minutes without touching it: