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Death of Rats stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
I was wondering, what programs are essetial to have on the task manager and not fluff i can stop?
Fairly sure that'll depend on your OS. It's safe to say explorer.exe is important. and svchost.exe
Check that site out, it should list all the processes required, and also give you some great tips on keeping your comp efficient.
csrss.exe
explorer.exe
IEXPLORE.EXE
lsass.exe
mixer.exe
msnmsgr.exe
NAVAPSVC.EXE
NAVAPW32.exe
nvsvc32.exe
qttask.exe
services.exe
smss.exe
spoolsv.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
System
System Idle Process
taskmgr.exe
winlogon.exe
wmplayer.exe
[ 09-11-2003: Message edited by: Death of Rats ]
I did some check, quiet a few of the files are in a folder in c:\WINDOWS\system32