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I have about 86 process in around 950 threads.Why that much of threads?my laptop is not a server?

Windows 7 ,core2duo ,2GB ram
why 950????????that much?why can't be there only process ?
thanks

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Short answer: nothing mysterious—Windows runs many threads inside each process for background work, I/O, timers and services. A large thread count by itself is not a sign that the machine is a server.

For background reading see Microsoft’s overview of processes and threads: Processes and Threads.

To find what is creating threads, use Process Explorer (Sysinternals) or the built-in WMIC to list thread counts per process. Process Explorer shows per-thread CPU and stacks so you can spot runaway threads; download info is here: Process Explorer.

Example quick check (run in an elevated command prompt):

wmic process get Name,ProcessId,ThreadCount

If the system is slow: sort by thread count or CPU in Process Explorer, identify the offending process, then research that process (services under svchost may host many threads). Try a clean boot (msconfig) to remove nonessential startup items, update software/drivers, and run a full antivirus scan. Do not randomly kill Windows system processes; instead stop or disable specific noncritical services after confirming what they do.

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??? is an invalid trigraph.

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ha?

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