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dunno said:
how do i stop running programs in the background, and what are the
only ones i need??? my puter says running programs 35
On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG
from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
programs you don't want to start automatically.
Nobody can tell you which you need. You need to examine each one
and determine what it does for *you*, and what the cost, if any,
in performance is of running it. Only then can you determine what
you feel is worth running.