I know about most of the utilities that let you know what all that stuff is
running in the background.
Since a lot of people want/need to know about these utilities, I have
uploaded a pdf file with information about some of these utilities. My
favorite utility is aptly named 'What's Running'.
You can access the pdf file here:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Computer_Help_and_Discussion/files/What%2
7s%20Running%20on%20my%20pc/
and since the link wraps, here is a shorter link.
http://snipr.com/1ndcr
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