Task Manager Question

[george]

Hi All
I would like to find out more about some processes that my PC runs -
whenever I start task manager, there is lots of prcesses running, even
though I very rarely run more then couple of applications at the time. I am
sure that background running processes are needed to keep the PC running
smoothly, but I am interested in learning what they do - some have obvious
and usefull names, some others do not.
Cheers,
George

 

[Bobby Davies]

The easiest way is to find their executable name, and do a search on google.
A lot of sites have good information about startup services. Also do a
search for black viper, he has a nice site about winxp services.

 

[Greg]

Try ProcessExplorer from Sysinternals.com

Greg

The easiest way is to find their executable name, and do a search on google.
A lot of sites have good information about startup services. Also do a
search for black viper, he has a nice site about winxp services.

 

[John John]

AnswersThatWork Task List: http://www.answersthatwork.com/

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

It's (Elder Geek) geared toward XP but practically the same for W2K. Or
as others have suggested do a google search on the process/file name.

John