Re: Task Manager

Here's a good link to check about services..
http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Hi Linda,
|
| > When I open my task manager and click on the Processes tab there
is a list
| > a
| > mile long of the things that are running in the background on my
computer.
| > I can't believe there are that many things that actually need to
be open.
| > How can I figure out which ones are truly necessary for me to run
my
| > computer and stop the ones that I don't need from loading and
running?
|
| www.google.com, usually the first link you will find on any search
is
| something like liutilities.com which will give you a quick synopsis
of any
| file and what it does and where it came from. You're right in that
the list
| shouldn't be a mile long, but how many depends on the system
configuration.
| Anywhere from 20-35 could be normal.
|
| > Also, when I look on the task bar near the clock and date there
are some
| > icons open that I always have to shut. Are they still running in
the
| > background even though I closed them? And, how do I stop them
from
| > popping
| > up each time?
|
| Click start/run and type msconfig, then click ok. Go to the startup
tab and
| uncheck the unneeded/undesired ones. Click apply/ok and reboot. This
will
| also reduce the number of related processes you are seeing in Task
Manager.
|
| --
| Best of Luck,
|
| Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
| Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
| www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
|
| "Linda" <rubynrse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:%23D5y7MXPFHA.3560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >
| >
| >
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