[OutlawSZ]

well i understand your description..so np with that.

as for what you can shut down....alot depends on what you already have running. with xp its pretty hard to detail what you can and cant shut down without me seeing what you are seeing. perhaps capture a screenshot and post it. i am sure alot can go down..but there are other things under the user that run as services that can shut down your system when you shut them off.

but for the most part...you should be able to shut them down. theres the process of elimination that you should probably take. close programs that are running in your task bar and see which process's vanished from task manager when you did this.