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PROCESS DLL LIBRARIES

Sluggish PCs are commonly caused programs running in the background, which in some cases are started automatically when Windows starts up. Sometimes these programs are useful but quite often, however, are not needed, and some many cases may be disgusted as trojans, spywares, malwares and even viruses

The pages below provide a guide on the usefulness these background tasks, Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista services, and Windows Startups, and removal procedures when recommended.

Common Windows Processes
csrss.exe Explorer.exe ctfmon.exe services.exe lsass.exe
smss.exe spoolsv.exe svchost.exe wcescomm.exe winlogon.exe
wmiprvse.exe wins.exe taskmgr.exe    

Common Windows Services
.NET Runtime Optimization Service Automatic Updates ASP.NET State Service
Alerter Application Layer Gateway Service Application Management
Background Intelligent Transfer Service ClipBook Cryptographic Services
Computer Browser COM+ System Application COM+ Event System
DHCP Client DNS Client DCOM Server Process Launcher
Distributed Link Tracking Client Distributed Transaction Coordinator

Common Third Party Processes
aawservice.exe acrotray.exe qttask.exe