redsox Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Does anyone know of a list of essential processes that must be running in the background? When I run way too many applications my system lags a little and I would like to terminate those processes that are not essential. BTW, I am talking about the list of processes that are displayed when you press ctrl+alt+del (Windows Task Manager) and look under the Processes tab. EDIT: Also, is there a huge difference (performance wise) between using the Windows classic style and Windows XP style for the windows and buttons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 You can go to Black Viper for a very nice list of what programs are essential and what you would use, based on your individual configuration. Also, I did find a very large performance difference when customising XP for all of it's visual and performance options, but simply switching to Classic or Standard will definitely give you a noticeable performance boost. I'm actually using Vista on Windows Standard. Used the XP themes for about a year after I got my built-with-XP PC in '01, switched to Standard, and haven't been back to XP themes since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsox Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Thanks a lot Mark. Very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 No problem at all. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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