Background Process List - Commonly Used Background Processes on Windows Systems

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A background process is a program that is running on the system without any user interface. Since most background processes are running invisiblly and quietly on your system, you need to use Task Manager to view them.

Some background processes are very important and must be running to keep the system and some applications running. But there are some background processes are not important, and should be removed from the background process list to save memory.

Some background processes may also present security risk to your system, because they are communicating to Web servers on the Internet without your notice. Those background processes must be removed from the background process list to reduce security risk.

To help you understand background processes and decide which ones can be removed from the background process list to save memory and reduce security risk, FYIcenter.com team has compiled a list of commonly used background processes with short descriptions and our suggestions if they should be removed.

List of commonly used processes on Windows systems:

Process Name Suggestion Company Usage AccelerometerSt.exe Keep HP Digital accelerometer to park the disk drive BTStackServer.exe Remove Broadcom Bluetooth stack COM server BTTray.exe Remove Broadcom Tray bar program to start bluetooth configuration CLI.exe Remove ATI Tray bar program to configure ATI graphics cards csrss.exe Keep Microsoft Client Server Runtime Server Subsystem DLG.exe Remove BVRP Digital Line Detection DVDLauncher.exe Remove CyberLink PowerCinema Resident Program exec.exe Remove United Online NetZero Dialup ZCast explorer.exe Keep Microsoft Windows Explorer FrameworkService.exe Keep McAfee Framework service for anti-virus programs GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe Remove Intel To keep Google as the default search engine hkcmd.exe Keep Intel Hotkey driver HPQTOA~1.EXE Keep HP HpqToaster Module hpqwmiex.exe Keep HP HP ProtectTools security manager issch.exe Remove InstallShield InstallShield Update Service Scheduler jusched.exe Remove Sun Java automatic update scheduler lsass.exe Keep Microsoft LSA Shell (Export Version) Mcshield.exe Keep Intel McAfee anti-virus on-access scanner msmsgs.exe Remove Microsoft McAfee anti-virus on-access scanner

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