What Processes are Necessary for Windows XP?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday July 22, 2006 @12:50PM from the minimum-processes-required dept.

Brickwall asks: "I studied electrical engineering in university (30 years ago, mind!), so I'm not completely stupid about computers. However, I have searched and searched, and been unable to find an answer to this question: if you start up Windows XP from scratch, what processes should be running? I have some P2P software running, so I know I'll have to shut that down, plus my spyware protection, anti-virus software, etc. But what should be left running? Is this documented somewhere that I've been unable to find?"

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Dumb question by tomstdenis · 2006-07-22 12:51 · Score: -1, Troll

It depends on the box, how you plan to use it.

If you don't think you can handle WinXP ... contact MSFT for support. I mean you did pay for your copy right?

Tom

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