Okay, I'm having problems with a new computer game and their Tech Support told me to close all programs running in the background. I'm not sure if that is really the problem, but I'll try it anyway. So, I'm going to list all the things I have under "Processes" in task manager and see if any of you can tell me if I can close them or not, or maybe what they are:
Image Name User Name CPU Mem Usage
IEXPLORE.exe Owner 00 25,704k
taskmgr.exe Owner 02 1,752k
evntsvc.exe Owner 00 136k
hkcmd.exe Owner 00 3,028k
DDCman.exe Owner 00 3,468k
KBD.exe Owner 00 6,224k
hpsysdrv.exe Owner 00 1,304k
nvsvc32.exe SYSTEM 00 1,068k
avgserv.exe SYSTEM 00 1,360k
spoolsv.exe SYSTEM 00 4,436k
explorer.exe Owner 00 15,124k
svchost.exe LOCAL SERVICE 00 4,240k
svchost.exe NETWORK SERVICE 00 3,548k
svchost.exe SYSTEM 00 19,228k
svchost.exe SYSTEM 00 4,756k
lsass.exe SYSTEM 00 996k
services.exe SYSTEM 00 2,984k
winlogon.exe SYSTEM 00 3,228k
crss.exe SYSTEM 00 3,548k
smss.exe SYSTEM 00 352k
GMT.exe Owner 00 21,320k
wtm.exe Owner 00 1,600k
msmsgs.exe Owner 00 5,260k
rundll.exe Owner 00 4,776k
CMESys.exe Owner 00 7,568k
AORNUM.exe Owner 00 9,328k
wcmdmgr.exe Owner 00 2,840k
System SYSTEM 00 220k
System Idle Process SYSTEM 95 20k
Image Name User Name CPU Mem Usage
IEXPLORE.exe Owner 00 25,704k
taskmgr.exe Owner 02 1,752k
evntsvc.exe Owner 00 136k
hkcmd.exe Owner 00 3,028k
DDCman.exe Owner 00 3,468k
KBD.exe Owner 00 6,224k
hpsysdrv.exe Owner 00 1,304k
nvsvc32.exe SYSTEM 00 1,068k
avgserv.exe SYSTEM 00 1,360k
spoolsv.exe SYSTEM 00 4,436k
explorer.exe Owner 00 15,124k
svchost.exe LOCAL SERVICE 00 4,240k
svchost.exe NETWORK SERVICE 00 3,548k
svchost.exe SYSTEM 00 19,228k
svchost.exe SYSTEM 00 4,756k
lsass.exe SYSTEM 00 996k
services.exe SYSTEM 00 2,984k
winlogon.exe SYSTEM 00 3,228k
crss.exe SYSTEM 00 3,548k
smss.exe SYSTEM 00 352k
GMT.exe Owner 00 21,320k
wtm.exe Owner 00 1,600k
msmsgs.exe Owner 00 5,260k
rundll.exe Owner 00 4,776k
CMESys.exe Owner 00 7,568k
AORNUM.exe Owner 00 9,328k
wcmdmgr.exe Owner 00 2,840k
System SYSTEM 00 220k
System Idle Process SYSTEM 95 20k