[John Rogers]

Well Milt, there are bunch of things that can be stopped after startup and will have no adverse affect on how your PC runs AND will save memory and possibly CPU time.

- Anything that has ADOBE in the name, if you open a PDF the reader stays in memory.

- Spoolsvc which is a print spooler, not needed as todays printers have their own spool system.

- Any RunDLL, these can be used to execute a DLL and start a virus running.

- wuauclt, this is the Windows updater and if you want it turned off you can stop these.

- Quicktime, JQS, Googleupdater and others that are "updaters" and will startup to check for any new versions on the Inet, but if actually needed, they will update.

- Any left over programs from using Microsoft Office or Microsoft Development programming software as there can be 3 or 4 fone, etc programs.

- ANYTHING with HPxxxxx in the name as HP printers load several programs, one is an automatic updater that will hog your network connection at random times.

To see what is hiding inside those SVCHOST.EXE programs try downloading a copy of Process Explorer from Sysinternals and set the lower screen to show DLL files. You might be shocked at what is running in your PC??!!