Processes Displayed In Task Manager

[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

 

[NewScience]

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.

 

[JS]

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

 

[Pegleg]

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

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.

Sorry to take up your time.

 

[Pegleg]

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

Thanks very much...quite helpful.

 

[JS]

Your Welcome

JS

Thanks very much...quite helpful.