http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspxUpdate : autoruns has gotten even better — check out my latest post about it. The first time I ran task manager on my Tablet PC, I was faintly horrified at the long list of Windows background processes. What were they doing? And how could I make themen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#89682Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:55:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:89682Mario GoebbelsThat seems to be a common thing with big brands. Same with Compaq and Dell. Loads of different background processes for teeny weeny jobs. Since they insist in installing all on everything, I don't get why they can't consolidate the functionality into one process, which would load the specific functionality from seperate DLLs, which could be disabled in the main application. That would be way more efficient.http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#93413Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:19:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:93413thadkMore on mine, found via google: <br> <br>Tmesrv.exe, Docking station file, Yes <br>TMERzCtl.EXE, Part of Mobile Extensions things-unknown, No? <br>TapButt.exe (har har), C:\PF\Toshiba\TapButton\-unknown, No? <br>TabUserW, Wacom driver control panel and etc., Nohttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#108270Tue, 06 Apr 2004 07:59:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:108270Willy Wortel from sunny HollandThe executable 000StTHK.exe manages Toshiba Hot key functionality for the function keys (Fn-Esc, Fn-F1 (lock), Fn-F2, Fn-F3, Fn-F4, Fn-F5 (switching between laptop and CRT display output), etc...) <br> <br>http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#108457Tue, 06 Apr 2004 15:50:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:108457Jonathan Hardwick [MSFT]Good detective work Willy - I'll add your informationhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#122975Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:58:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:122975Deadboys Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#123413Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:52:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:123413DacThis information was super helpful. Getting machines loaded with all the processes can be a real bear to go through. Thank you all for you help. Do you know of some other url's that'll display more common processes?http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#124215Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:05:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:124215Jonathan HardwickGood question! I updated the post with three additional sources of information.http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#127612Fri, 07 May 2004 04:48:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:127612Omar Shahine's WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#127863Fri, 07 May 2004 14:34:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:127863Omar AL ZabirAs you are a laptop user, you may have the problem of changing IP and proxy when you go to different places with your laptop/tablet PC. Here's a small utility I have wrote to help laptop user's store multiple network and proxy configuration and apply instantly. <br> <br><a target="_new" href="http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/OazSwitchNetConfig.asp">http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/OazSwitchNetConfig.asp</a> <br> <br>Hope it comes to any assistance.http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#127995Fri, 07 May 2004 17:42:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:127995Jonathan HardwickThanks Omar, but I'm already using a nice auto-detecting proxy (supplied by Microsoft tech support) that only kicks in when it detects that it's on the corporate network. Have you checked if your code works with the latest XP SP2 wireless wizards?http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#195326Sun, 25 Jul 2004 06:04:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:195326Mikehall's Embedded WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#195330Sun, 25 Jul 2004 06:08:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:195330Under The Hood - Matt Pietrekhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#195334Sun, 25 Jul 2004 06:10:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:195334Mikehall's Embedded WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#196182Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:32:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:196182Steve Makofsky's WebLoghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#197774Tue, 27 Jul 2004 04:30:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:197774RoudyBob.NEThttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#214909Mon, 16 Aug 2004 03:14:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:214909Wes' Puzzling Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#221701Fri, 27 Aug 2004 23:11:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:221701Jonathan Hardwickhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#272311Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:24:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:272311ardent coderhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#467000Thu, 15 Sep 2005 06:59:19 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:467000Jonathan HardwickThese have been hard days for Microsoft laptops. First Dennis Cheung's Acer doesn't autosuspend, then...http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#616390Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:04:38 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:616390John Tokash’s Blog » links for 2006-06-03PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blog.tokash.org/2006/06/02/links-for-2006-06-03/">http://blog.tokash.org/2006/06/02/links-for-2006-06-03/</a>http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#750224Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:58:38 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:750224Jonathan HardwickOr, &amp;quot;What is all this stuff doing on my computer&amp;quot;, part II. I've just finished switching my portable...http://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#753293Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:02:10 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:753293GottaBeMobile.comhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jonathanh/archive/2004/03/13/what-is-all-this-stuff-doing-on-my-computer.aspx#809467Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:11:02 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:809467Jonathan Hardwick<p>My old post on &quot; What is all this stuff doing on my computer &quot; described how to track down and identify</p>