Background Tasks

[Carl Alexis]

Hi,
I use Win98se and when I do a CTRL+ALT+DEL I find I have lots of tasks running in the backround. (See below)
Most of these I have no idea what they are and can't tell from their names.
Does anybody know how to find out what they are, which ones are important and how to permanantly stop the ones that aren't?
Thanks
Carl

Explorer
Zonealarm
Rnathchk
Steam
Cconnect
Qshlfed
Suitest
Iowatch
Navapw32
Poproxy
Atiptaxx
Point32
Instantaccess
Loadqm
Systray
Csinject
Nprotect
Imgicon
Speedkey
Qttask

[Redo40]

Start button/Run/type MSCONFIG/click the startup tab and uncheck the ones not needed.

You can find out what most of them are: here (http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.php) and here (http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm) . HTH

[Carl Alexis]

I really appriciate that.
Thanks for the help
Carl

[Hi Ho]

Point32 is the software for Microsoft mice. Explorer is the basic windows interface. Qttask is an annoying resource hogging trait of Quick Time. That is yet another reason I despise Quicktime. You can disable the process somewhere in Quicktime. The exact way has excaped my mind at the moment. This website is very helpful in determining which processes you need: http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm