What doesn't need to be running?

In my Task Manger running process, could anyone tell me what I don't need to be running. In my System Tray, all I have running is Msn, Aim, ZoneAlarm, Norton Antivirus and Msn Messenger(need to run Msn explorer). It seems like I have ALOT of process' running when I only have a few in my System Tray. Now I will not be including what I KNOW I have running like Msn, Aim etc.

Program Mem Usage


Taskmgr.exe 3,488 K

wo.exe 19,704 K

zlclient.exe 4,472K (i'm pretty sure this is Zone Alarm)

DefWatch.exe 1,120 K

AutoUpdate.exe 1,576 K

C0o9Pi4AN.exe 4,560 K

VPTray 3,388 K

ccApp.exe 5,924 K

spoolsv.exe 3,576 K

ccEvtMgr 1,812 K

ccSetMgr.exe 3,452 K

svchost.exe 3,160 K

svchost.exe 2,784 K

svchost.exe 14,456 K

svschost.exe 3,324 K

lsass.exe 1,488 K

services.exe 2,532 K

winlogon.exe 2,820 K

csrss.exe 3,056 K

vsmon.exe 8,024 K

smss.exe 352 K

mqaui1.exe 1,652 K

Rtvscan.exe 12,436 K

I just don't want anything hogging my resources when it's not needed. Thanks

I had everything set away from each other so it wasn't crowded but I guess it don't let you do that. I hope you can still understand it.

 

Hi Chris Best bet is to google each item many sites will id the process for you (Leiutilities. com springs to mind, here's what they say about smss.exe for example click here )

 

I'd start by googling svschost.exe if I were you.

 

If you have XP check out www.blackviper.com

There are some awesome guides for processes there. Plus explanations of them too.

I saved about 34MB of memory just going through that thing.



cooked

 

Hi Chris,

I agree with Bill. I also suggest you visit Black Viper http://www.blackviper.com/ .

Lots of good info to be had regarding your query

Looks like overcooked and I were on the same page

PP

 

Thanks for the help guys . I'll be checking this out for a little while.

 

Hey NP...just make sure you do it slowly. Configure some processes then save and exit and make sure it doesnt mess with your computer. If you want to do it right you have to have patience.



cooked

 

I searched everything, mostly everything there belonged besides a few. One was wo.exe, it stood for Web Ofer which was spyware, it was hogging alot of resources to.