I myself would hate to attempt to tell which processes, or services to alter on _your _computer. Here is a place that will help you identify what many of them are, and what they do. This might help you determine whats best for your machine: http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm Good luck with it.........

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Have a nice day, Bunk

Hey Fling! I would have to echo "bunk's" reply.But, there are a few applications that could help you in your decision making process. First, "WinPatrol" is primarily a security app. With it you can view what is running on your PC and disable any process. You will see at the bottom of the app. 5 buttons. Info , Add , Remove , Disable , Close. Now if you are uncertain if a task is necessary simply click on the INFO button and a browser window will open and bring you to WinPatrol's site explaining the process in question. Be very careful not to disable a process needed for the OS. By the way this App. is free , but there is a Pay For version. http://www.winpatrol.com/ ,here is the address. Please visit the site to learn more. Now the second Application is called, S I W , by Gabriel Topola. This one is more comprehensive as far as information of your PC . It will give you ALL the info on your system, but is not a security App. Here is the address , http://www.gtopala.com/. Between these two Application you should be able to decide and more importantly learn about the running processes your machine

About your security, you did not mention having a Firewall!. This is just as important as having antivirus/antispyware on your PC.

Firewall: Comodo ,

http://www.comodo.com/

ZoneAlarm ,

http://www.zonealarm.com
AVG AntiSpyware ,

http://free.grisoft.com/

SuperAntiSpyware ,

http://www.superantispyware.com/

FLASHORN.

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Patience is Life.

Lincoln may know the writer and the link better, but there was an article in last month's PCW {I think last month, gave the mag. to a friend, and of course it never comes back, LOL}, by a Paul with a find.# link, that has a list of processes that might be safely poofed.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tam >aka Attack Pig<~~~~~~~ 2400 Celeron 2.4 OC'ed to 3.1, FX 5500 O/C'ed to 568 Mhz, PSU to 500W, 1024 RAM DDR O/C'ed to 428 Mhz I don't like no's from Dell. However I enjoy making them say yes

I wish I could get more specific, but if we can find it, it may help the OP's query.

There was a mention of paul in an article, but I don't know the find.#. PCW did have alink to him in a member email, but I know that's vague, too. I di visit the site, and it may be helpful, sorry guys but I can't link to it.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tam >aka Attack Pig<~~~~~~~ 2400 Celeron 2.4 OC'ed to 3.1, FX 5500 O/C'ed to 568 Mhz, PSU to 500W, 1024 RAM DDR O/C'ed to 428 Mhz I don't like no's from Dell. However I enjoy making them say yes

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