programs running in the background

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how do I know what programs should be running in the background and what ones
I can delete? Also will it cause my computer to run slower?
 
Hi,

Google is your friend. If you do not recognize a process name, simply search
for it - you will get volumes of information on which you can base your
decision. If googling a process comes up with no information, you will often
find that the process is a trojan variant.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
santana said:
how do I know what programs should be running in the background and
what ones I can delete? Also will it cause my computer to run slower?
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There are none that "should be" running in th ebackground. You should have
those that are useful to you.

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its Options to
see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you actually choose the
option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon" option). Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the
Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't
want to start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of running
the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people tell you, you
should be concerned, not with how *many* of these programs you run, but
*which*. Some of them can hurt performance severely, but others have no
effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should do is
determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and what the cost
in performance is of its running all the time. You can get more information
about these at http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.
 
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