Who said? Someone who is trying to impress you with his/her "lack" of
knowledge? I have a pretty plain XP Pro setup, Antivirus, ZoneAlarm,
and a few other things - keep as much as possible not to autostart
(things like checking for updates, upgrades, etc) - most of the little
do-dads in the lower right hand corner - I despise software that
thinks it should startup because I turned on my computer (and I'm a
programmer). Anyway, I have 45+- a few, running.