How do I find out what is running in the background? Windows seems to have many features which I will never need. I understand why they are there. Some people want machines to run alarm clocks or special tracking apps or special message apps. I don't want these things. They take up memory, they bottle up my CPU, and they generally irritate me without adding one shred of value. How do I delete those things I do not need? How do I know which of items on these lengthy lists of services are useless to me?
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Windows License Manager Service Running
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Windows Firewall Running
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Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service
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svsvc Spot Verifier
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SmsRouter Microsoft Windows SMS Router Service.
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ScDeviceEnum Smart Card Device Enumeration Service
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XboxNetApiSvc Xbox Live Networking Service
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xbgm Xbox Game Monitoring
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wuauserv Windows Update
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