lol, i have 65-70 processes runnig, but that include outlook,boinc,speedfan,everest,webserver,msql db,rivatuner,activsync,ie, and lot of other stuff...
omg i have 13 instances of svchost
1150MB used
but im not complaining or bashing, even with all that stuff its smooth.
just for benching i use Administrator account, not my own account, coz most of that stuff is tied to my user, and as admin im running only ~35-40 processes

i have to do a image backup of system, then try this new hotfix. just in case...you know...microsoft