Hi CHARLES! :-)

 CA> My W2k boots up with 20 processes executing (less than a
 CA> standard install of W2k btw) and XP boots up with 80-90
 CA> processes executing! This is before you even load an
 CA> application or touch the keyboard in any way. 

 CA> Linux does this too btw. :-\ 
Depends on configuration. On my system 17 processes run after booting up,
and I asked for all of them. The system would still run if I disabled them
all, but then some services like email and printing would be missing.

My firewall machine has 6 processes running. ;)

Ciao
Pascal

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