What are the main task that should be running in the task manager? I need a list of them. The ones you have to have for the computer to run. Just the basic task that are in the programming. Nothing extra. 1 person needs an answerI do too

Hi Dude_20_80, · Are you referring to a task\application or processes in Task Manager? If you are referring to a task\application then it an application or task would run only if it is launched. Whatever runs in “Processes” is entirely dependent on the applications installed on the computer and the ones that are running at that given point. The most important ones are explorer.exe, svchost.exe and winlogon.exe. Refer to this article which gives you an overview of the Task Manager in Windows XP. Also see:How to use and troubleshoot issues with Windows Task Manager Regards,Syed N – Microsoft Support--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think

What are the main task that should be running in the task manager? I need a list of them. The ones you have to have for the computer to run. Just the basic task that are in the programming. Nothing extra. No such list exists.If you want to see a minimal list, (1) reboot to Safe Mode and run Task Manager or (2) run msconfig, check "Diagnostic Startup," reboot and run Task Manager.

The ones that you must have and the ones that you should have are two different stories altogether!There are six critical system services, Windows XP needs these services to start and run porperly. These critical services cannot be killed, killing these processes would end the Windows session:- Csrss.exe (Client/Server Runtime Server Subsystem)- Lsass.exe (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service)- Smss.exe (Session Manager Subsystem)- RpcSs (Remote Procedure Call Server Service)**- Winlogon.exe (Windows logon process)- services.exe (Windows Service Controller)** Runs inside one of the SvcHost.exe. RpcSs is not critical in its own right and strictly speaking Windows XP can run without it but hardly anything runs without it.These are the 6 critical NT processes, without these 6 items things don't work too well! Along with that the Task Manager would show:- System (the kernel or kernel-mode threads)- System Idle Process (Not a process or service but a single thread that runs on each processor, its sole task is to account for processor idle time or time spent doing nothing.)There you have it, the minimum 8 items that will or should always show in the Task Manager, add the Task Manager itself to the list and it will give you 9 processes. John