Processes Displayed In Task Manager

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Pegleg

When I open Task Manager and select the "Processes" tab it displays 68
processes as running. Some multiple processes with the same name.

How can I determine if all these are legitimate and necessary?

Running Win XP Home (SP2)

TIA
 
Read, study, peruse every possible article you can thru MS Knowledge Base
and throughout the Internet.

Most processes you see are either Services (Start | Run .... SERVICES.MSC),
Startup applications (Startup folder(s), registry Run keys), and Windows XP
OS boot drivers/support.
 
Try Process Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
(This will provide the detailed info you need)
Next click/Expand the 'Process' or 'Svchost.exe process' that you are
interest in.
Then highlight one of the processes or a process listed under Svchost, right
click and from the options listed select: google
This should display what out there on the web about that process and what is
used for.

Still another tool is What's Running
http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx

JS
 
Read, study, peruse every possible article you can thru MS Knowledge Base
and throughout the Internet.
Click to expand...

Not sure if you intended to be sarcastic but I was hoping to find out
within my lifetime!
Most processes you see are either Services (Start | Run .... SERVICES.MSC),
Startup applications (Startup folder(s), registry Run keys), and Windows XP
OS boot drivers/support.
Click to expand...

Sorry to take up your time.
 
Try Process Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx

Once you have Process Explorer installed and running:
In the taskbar select View and check 'Show Process Tree' and 'Show Lower
Pane' options.
(This will provide the detailed info you need)
Next click/Expand the 'Process' or 'Svchost.exe process' that you are
interest in.
Then highlight one of the processes or a process listed under Svchost, right
click and from the options listed select: google
This should display what out there on the web about that process and what is
used for.

Still another tool is What's Running
http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx

JS
Click to expand...

Thanks very much...quite helpful.
 
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