computer slowing down

magoogy

i think i have too many applications or whatever on the computer (kids fault more than likely) and have taken off some i know arent used but cannot fathom what all the other stuff are - can anyone help let me know what i dont really need....thanks

i have;-

ccleaner.exe
msnmsgr.exe
firefox.exe
vcssecs.exe
svchost.exe - system
nvsvc32.exe
dvpapi.exe
spoolsv.exe
taskmgr.exe
iexplore.exe
svchost.exe - system
svchost.exe - network service
fws.exe
svchost.exe - system
iexplorre.exe
svchost.exe - network service
svchost.ext - system
sytem idle process - system
system - system
rps.ext
realsched.exe
qttask.exe
explorer.exe
alg.exe
csrss.exe
smss.exe
winlogin.exe
services.exe
lsass.exe
fws.exe
dvpapi.exe
spoolsv.exe
slserv.exe

if you see =- i have some twice or three times - why? can i just delete? thanks

at the startup page it says i have;-

dupeskip
nvcpdaemon
nwiz
pcguard
tkbellexe
quicktime task

Browntoa

this allows you to identify them

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

magoogy

will go through them one by one - thanks a lot....

Freebyman

Have you tried https://www.windowsstartup.com

This will identify the start up items, however I do notice that you have the dreaded tkbell.exe on the list.

This is the real player startup item and even if you disable it, it has a way of getting itself back on to your startup list.

However it isnt a virus, and thankfully you can get rid of it, but I cannot remember how now! Hopefully a google search might help?

ukbill69

Try install spyware cleaner like: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Maybe that will help.

Try uninstalling any software you do not use andmore

or even better, giving your pc a reformat and fresh install of your OS.

Browntoa

format is a last resort

with a bit of decent PC housekeeping with Ccleaner from www.ccleaner.com and the use of a utilities program like Ace utilies or regScrubber from http://regscrubber.com/pp.htm means that there is never any need to reload the OS

If you already have spybot on your Pc then turn on the Advanced tools option , there is a start up manager in there that identifies most of the crap

magoogy

i use ccleaner.com which does a good job but it brought these up and i wasnt sure what was needed before i deleted them - i have got shut of the one freebyman mentioned - thanks...

thanks for all your help