Have you ever wondered what all those processes are when you look in Task Manager? Even if they aren’t using way too much CPU and memory, it just seems unlikely that they all need to be running… but which one do you disable, and how?

Here’s a quick list of 15 of the more common services, and the answer to your questions.

• svchost.exe
• jusched.exe 
• dwm.exe 
• ctfmon.exe 
• wmpnetwk.exe 
• wmpnscfg.exe 
• rundll32.exe 
• wfcrun32.exe 
• Ipoint.exe 
• Itype.exe 
• Wfica32.exe 
• Mobsync.exe 
• Cmd.exe 
• Dpupdchk.exe 
• Adobe_Updater.exe

Hit the links for each item to see a full description of each item and what it does, and whether you can disable it.