AppleMobileDeviceService.exe, BBC Iplayer Desktop.exe, GoogleCalendarSync.exe, GoogleUpdate.exe, iTunesHelper.exe, jusched.exe, SearchFilterHost.exe, SearchIndexer.exe, SearchProtocolHost.exe, BM.exe, PAC207 Monitor.exe, CorelIOMonitor.exe, CorelPhotoDownloader.exe, wmdc.exe, mobsync.exe, QTTask.exe, and Acrobat Reader_sl.exe. Then there are about 14 copies of svchost.exe presumably supporting them.
I know what most of them are, and don't think I need them running all the time. I knock them on the head, but they soon sneak back.
True, all programs wants a part of our RAM and processor time, there's still no law in place that punishes the software vendors and programmers who abuses there customers, by installing some TSR's and background services which makes our system so slow. For the uninitiated, they thought they need a new machine. well thats what all PC vendors and software vendors wants us to do. buy buy buy buy buy....