Programs running in Background

>-----Original Message-----
>Is there a way to know or a list of which programs

should

>be running in the background? I've got so many listed in
>my window task manager/process, that I think it is
>causing interference with other programs.
>Thanks,
>Amber
>.
>Yes there is Amber. Do this: Click Start/Run/type

MSCONFIG click OK. Click the StartUp tab. You'll see
all the programs that are checked, now click "disable
all" but recheck your anti-virus program, if it is Norton
it will start with NAV. Click Apply, then Close and
reboot. Now you have a "mean, lean machine" and will run
and boot a lot faster and nothing has been deleted.

"Amber" <kapykya@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:004201c34a31$e73c0870$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> Is there a way to know or a list of which programs should
> be running in the background?

There is no such thing as "should." Every program you run in the
background is a tradeoff; it does something for you at some cost
to you in performance. Only you can decide whether that tradeoff
is worth it, for *you*. Nobody else's opinion counts.

> I've got so many listed in
> my window task manager/process ...

The *number* of background programs you have running is generally
unimportant. What is important is *which* they are. Some
background programs are doing something almost all the time, and
can impact performance severely; others are much more benign, and
have an almost insignificant effect on performance.

> ... that I think it is
> causing interference with other programs

That may well be, but it isn't necessarily so. What makes you
think so? What background programs are you running?

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

i went through each program listed under the StartUp tab
and found that a few didn't even exist anymore...were
programs I had deleted, some I couldn't even find the
files through seaching all files (even hidden) and had no
clue what they were to begin with, a couple I figured out
what they were and found/chose to not run them and a
couple I was unsure of

WinStart001.exe-b
WINSTA-1.exe-b
sentry.exe
srmclean.exe

I've disabled them for now, so far hasn't caused any
problems and things do seem to be running a little
smoother.

Thanks, Amber

>-----Original Message-----
>"Amber" <kapykya@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:004201c34a31$e73c0870$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>

should

>
>
>There is no such thing as "should." Every program you

run in the

>background is a tradeoff; it does something for you at

some cost

>to you in performance. Only you can decide whether that

tradeoff

>is worth it, for *you*. Nobody else's opinion counts.
>
>

>
>
>The *number* of background programs you have running is

generally

>unimportant. What is important is *which* they are. Some
>background programs are doing something almost all the

time, and

>can impact performance severely; others are much more

benign, and

>have an almost insignificant effect on performance.
>
>

>
>
>That may well be, but it isn't necessarily so. What

makes you

>think so? What background programs are you running?
>
>--
>Ken Blake
>Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>.
>