task manager

Most are probably essential Windows XP processes.  See the following for information about disabling services and do it that way rather than killing the processes and liklely crashing your computer:

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Steve

i would leave them alone..

So would I.  Typically I have about 50 process in my task list.  If you are really worried, open the task manager and note how many processare using any significent amount of time.  My PC has been up four or five days and except for three task, System Idle, ud_ligfit_relese.exe (which ia a medical research program that runs as a screen saver, and rtvscan, Norton virus scanner, no task has used more than seventeen minutes CPU time.  About one half of the task used less tan one minute.  P.S my number are a little wacky ssince I have two processors with out hyper threading.  ADDED I would take everything on the BlkViper site with  a great deal of caution.

Message Edited by msgale on 12-09-2003 09:34 PM

You could cross-reference the information you find with these 2 other sites:

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

http://www.reger24.de/prozesse.html

I've been using AnswersThatWork for about a year, they tell you what the process is and it's use, known problems associated with it, and give you advice regarding wether or not you should disable it, and possible repercussions.

Regards,

Rick.