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You can run XP with 2 processes.
No printing, no audio, no GUI (3 processes with GUI), but the majority of thigns work. You can browse the web, play games,(well, some games)
THats not including the system idle process, either.
All you *NEED* are System and crss.exe
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/07/running-windows-with-no-services.html
Posted by: n3ldan at January 8, 2006 6:02 PMCan you give me a set list of system critcal task, eg, explorer.exe
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It depends on how you use your machine. Read the article - that's exactly what
it attempts to answer.
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but whats the bare minimum, regardless of what you may be doing? whats the most efficient?
Posted by: Jon at August 31, 2008 6:12 PMWhy hasn;t anyone answered this question? IT simply states... whaich procexxex etc need to be on? Which don't? (If theses aren't running, windows won't run,) Which processes HAVE to be on? I would also like to know. Thanx much.
OK, ok... so I can "end prcess," "yes," on... explorer.exe in task manager and Windows should stay up and running? Thanx again.
9 out of 10 xp setups will definatley need this lot as a minimum to operate:
* System Idle Process
* explorer.exe
* taskmgr.exe
* spoolsv.exe
* lsass.exe
* csrss.exe
* smss.exe
* winlogon.exe
* svchost.exe - There will be a few of these.
* services.exe
check this website for more detail:
http://billmullins.wordpress.com/windows-essential-processes-the-bare-minimum/
Ok . I will give you an example . xp with a wampp server , what are the minimum services needed .
Posted by: Jannik at March 26, 2009 5:57 AMif i can remove unwanted process from my machine
could my system get good performance ?
i have a(?) application that won't run any more
after i disabled some(?) services and made some(?) manual start. why? i'm an idiot, but i digress.
questions is, how do i get back to a last known good state? are there recovery points?
or, is there some way to find out what service(s) an application needs that it doesn't have so it can run?
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