Looks like it is trimmed down pretty well already, the only two I see that you might consider taking out of startup in msconfig,

 

OEM02mon.exe which is the Live! cam console auto launcher, which has something to do with a Creative web cam.

 

issch.exe     macrovision flex net connect scheduler

http://www.paretologic.com/resources/paretolabs/exe/issch_exe.aspx

 

you can always add them back should problems arise due to their removal.

To properly analyze your question one needs to see all process running and resources used by each.  

A good way to supply the needed information would, at a command prompt enter tasklist /v > some file name. i.e tasklist.txt.  Then open that file in notepad, and paste it into your forum message.

 

Since the task manager reports only nine percent of you CPU resources used and thirty-four percent of your memory resources used, all is probably well.

 

My CPU resources usually hovers around 1-3%, not 9.

 

I'll post the info you asked for later when I'm back at the machine with Vista on it.

Nothing jumps out to me.  When you made the list using the tasklist command you did not use the arguement /v thefore all time infomation, which is very useful was not printed out.  The command is tasklist /v  there are one or more spaces after the  k in tasklist. 

Image Name                     PID Session Name        Session#    Mem Usage
========================= ======== ================ =========== ============
System Idle Process              0 Services                   0         28 K
System                           4 Services                   0      4,276 K
smss.exe                       428 Services                   0        628 K
csrss.exe                      564 Services                   0      4,764 K
wininit.exe                    616 Services                   0      3,732 K
csrss.exe                      628 Console                    1      7,972 K
services.exe                   660 Services                   0      6,280 K
lsass.exe                      676 Services                   0      8,508 K
lsm.exe                        684 Services                   0      3,968 K
svchost.exe                    848 Services                   0      5,368 K
winlogon.exe                   856 Console                    1      5,040 K
svchost.exe                    924 Services                   0      5,552 K
svchost.exe                    956 Services                   0     17,496 K
svchost.exe                   1008 Services                   0     10,104 K
svchost.exe                   1044 Services                   0     50,472 K
svchost.exe                   1060 Services                   0     22,360 K
audiodg.exe                   1180 Services                   0      9,836 K
SLsvc.exe                     1280 Services                   0      7,008 K
svchost.exe                   1344 Services                   0      9,108 K
svchost.exe                   1452 Services                   0     10,172 K
upeksvr.exe                   1468 Console                    1      6,892 K
ccSvcHst.exe                  1720 Services                   0      4,120 K
AppSvc32.exe                  1844 Services                   0      1,520 K
WLTRYSVC.EXE                  1924 Services                   0      2,480 K
BCMWLTRY.EXE                  1952 Services                   0     16,688 K
spoolsv.exe                    440 Services                   0      7,936 K
svchost.exe                    528 Services                   0     12,264 K
PhotoshopElementsFileAgen      324 Services                   0        656 K
AEstSrv.exe                   1296 Services                   0      1,400 K
AluSchedulerSvc.exe           1240 Services                   0      2,000 K
svchost.exe                   1076 Services                   0      3,284 K
ccSvcHst.exe                  2056 Services                   0        364 K
IAANTmon.exe                  2104 Services                   0      5,000 K
svchost.exe                   2160 Services                   0      4,228 K
stacsv.exe                    2200 Services                   0      5,140 K
svchost.exe                   2424 Services                   0      1,888 K
SearchIndexer.exe             2456 Services                   0     10,588 K
taskeng.exe                   2788 Services                   0      4,816 K
taskeng.exe                   3232 Console                    1      8,848 K
dwm.exe                       3252 Console                    1     41,592 K
explorer.exe                  3356 Console                    1     32,796 K
MSASCui.exe                   3512 Console                    1      6,168 K
Apoint.exe                    3532 Console                    1      5,284 K
OEM02Mon.exe                  3540 Console                    1      4,308 K
sttray.exe                    3548 Console                    1      7,332 K
rundll32.exe                  3576 Console                    1      4,812 K
rundll32.exe                  3640 Console                    1      3,776 K
WLTRAY.EXE                    3712 Console                    1     14,936 K
IAAnotif.exe                  3744 Console                    1      5,224 K
rundll32.exe                  3760 Console                    1      5,636 K
issch.exe                     3792 Console                    1      2,372 K
ccApp.exe                     3808 Console                    1      1,808 K
PCMService.exe                3828 Console                    1      9,848 K
wmpnscfg.exe                  3836 Console                    1      4,600 K
WmiPrvSE.exe                  3864 Services                   0      5,372 K
quickset.exe                  3872 Console                    1      7,860 K
ApMsgFwd.exe                  3976 Console                    1      3,028 K
hidfind.exe                   4068 Console                    1      3,296 K
ApntEx.exe                    4076 Console                    1      3,648 K
wmpnetwk.exe                  2252 Services                   0      8,720 K
firefox.exe                   3140 Console                    1     61,324 K
cmd.exe                       4256 Console                    1      2,288 K
WmiPrvSE.exe                  4404 Services                   0      7,300 K
SearchProtocolHost.exe        4516 Services                   0      8,492 K
SearchFilterHost.exe          4528 Services                   0      4,996 K
tasklist.exe                  4632 Console                    1      4,624 K

Alright, I think I did it right... There were too many characters to paste, so here's a link to the .txt file...

 

http://download256.mediafire.com/sx0ro1tmgkxg/sw9m4czwxyi/tasklist.txt