Processes

[Jerry McCoy]

When I boot up Windows XP and then start Task Manager I discover that there
are something like 42 processes running. I suspect that some of these
processes are not truly necessary, but the cryptic file names don't give
much clue as to what the processes are and what they are doing.

Is there a resource on the Web that would provide me some info about what
these processes are and whether any of them may be safely deleted?

Thanks.

Jerry

 

[Mike Hall]

When I boot up Windows XP and then start Task Manager I discover that there
are something like 42 processes running. I suspect that some of these
processes are not truly necessary, but the cryptic file names don't give
much clue as to what the processes are and what they are doing.

Is there a resource on the Web that would provide me some info about what
these processes are and whether any of them may be safely deleted?

Thanks.

Jerry

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There is no definitive list.. all pc's have a differing assortment of
programs running on them..

 

[wojo]

Can't really do that it varies from PC to PC but to make sure the ones that
are running are ok run AdAware and/or Spybot to make sure they aren't
spyware services etc...

 

[Norm]

You can find out what they are just by entering the name in a google search.

 

[MAP]

-----Original Message-----
When I boot up Windows XP and then start Task Manager I discover that there
are something like 42 processes running. I suspect that some of these
processes are not truly necessary, but the cryptic file names don't give
much clue as to what the processes are and what they are doing.

Is there a resource on the Web that would provide me some info about what
these processes are and whether any of them may be safely deleted?

Thanks.

Jerry

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.
Hi Jerry this site should help

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

 

[Hemlock]

Black Viper has a site for turning off services in xp.

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

may help some.

regards,

Hemlock

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Jerry;

I use more than one.

Services information.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services

http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/winnt/services.html

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm

http://www.geocities.com/ziyadhosein/xpserv1.htm

http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/windowsxp.html

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Startup Programs.

http://www.azpchelp.com/StartupListQ-U.htm

http://www.greatis.com/regrun3appdatabase.htm

http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.php

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

http://www.norris160.org/noel/win_processes.htm

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/

 

[Jerry McCoy]

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and help.

Jerry

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Here is a free process viewer that is easy to use and gives you everything

you need to find out what the process is and what associations it has.
http://www.xmlsp.com/pview/prcview.htm