Windows XP, what needs to run in the background?

I just got a new system with xp loaded on it, and I can't figure out which applications and processes are the bare minimum to have running before starting a sim. Any ideas? David

"David Montani" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:lL_F7.252$[email hidden]... > I just got a new system with xp loaded on it, and I can't figure out which > applications and processes are the bare minimum to have running before > starting a sim. Any ideas? > David Go here and read his charts on processes you can disable. Make sure you use the one with internet access or you will lose the stuff you need to get online. www.blkviper.com

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> I just got a new system with xp loaded on it, and I can't figure out which > applications and processes are the bare minimum to have running before > starting a sim. Any ideas? > David > > >

If you have a reasonable fast machine, I doubt turning off backgroup processes other then the ones you install yourself will buy you much if anything. Vamp