Re: Too many programs running

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officer wrote:

> I would like to know if anyone knows just what programs should be
> running in win XP. I would hope their is a list somewhere,


There is no list, or rather the list is different for everybody.. The ones
that *should* be running are the ones that are useful to you and are worth,
to you, their cost in performance.

As a single example, running a firewall is needed for anybody who connects
to the internet, but useless for someone with a stand-alone computer that
never connects to the internet.



> I have
> currently 50 programs running and dont think I need this many as they
> slow the puter down.


How many you are running is irrelevant. *Which* ones they are is the
important thing. And do not assume that they all slow the computer down.
Some of them may; others may not.
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.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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