"Running Processes" which are needed?

[r bennett]

After ~ a year's (new PC) use, my Task Mgr now generally
shows 20+ processes running at any given time. I'd like
to identify, at least, the "absolutely neccesary"
processes and thereby discover those that are "cyber
junk" not done away with by my spyware destroyers. Is
there a list of most often booted up processes that will
resemble those in Task Manager? (MSconfig doesn't seem
to be useful for this.)

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Services Guide for Windows XP
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| After ~ a year's (new PC) use, my Task Mgr now generally
| shows 20+ processes running at any given time. I'd like
| to identify, at least, the "absolutely neccesary"
| processes and thereby discover those that are "cyber
| junk" not done away with by my spyware destroyers. Is
| there a list of most often booted up processes that will
| resemble those in Task Manager? (MSconfig doesn't seem
| to be useful for this.)

 

[Doug]

Go to this link http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM
and it will tell you what the file is , what it does and whether or not it
is needed
Cheers Doug

 

[Bruiser]

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm