caddman

Thanks for the quick reply..
After looking at all three I choose TCPView. Below is the report of the ones that are always in use.

ALG.EXE:2676 TCP FAMILY:1030 FAMILY:0 LISTENING
PcCtlCom.exe:248 TCP FAMILY:1026 localhost:40000 STABLISHED
PcCtlCom.exe:248 UDP FAMILY:40116 *:*
SVCHOST.EXE:1024 TCP FAMILY:epmap FAMILY:0 LISTENING
SVCHOST.EXE:1120 UDP FAMILY:ntp *:*
SVCHOST.EXE:1120 UDP family.woh.rr.com:ntp *:*
SVCHOST.EXE:1240 UDP FAMILY:1049 *:*
SVCHOST.EXE:1240 UDP FAMILY:1034 *:*
SVCHOST.EXE:1316 UDP FAMILY:1900 *:*
SVCHOST.EXE:1316 UDP family.woh.rr.com:1900 *:*
System:4 TCP FAMILY:microsoft-ds FAMILY:0 LISTENING
System:4 TCP family.woh.rr.com:netbios-ssn FAMILY:0 LISTENING
System:4 UDP FAMILY:microsoft-ds *:*
System:4 UDP family.woh.rr.com:netbios-ns *:*
System:4 UDP family.woh.rr.com:netbios-dgm *:*
TmPfw.exe:1704 TCP FAMILY:40000 FAMILY:0 LISTENING
TmPfw.exe:1704 TCP FAMILY:40000 localhost:1026 ESTABLISHED
tmproxy.exe:1728 TCP FAMILY:6999 FAMILY:0 LISTENING

Didn't report on as many as nstat did last night. I guess I will need to watch it over a few days to see what it looks like. I was able to find out waht everything is except System:4 stuff..!!.. Its greek to me.. Any thoughts..??..

TMP*.exe are my firewall things
PCc*.exe is my viruse protection
Alg.exe - Internet search show it's a required Microsoft product
SVCHOST.EXE - also a reguired Microsoft DLL manager. Anyone know why there are so many..??..

Is there anything wrong with having so many ports be used/active..??..
My guess is that the list above it probably not causing my internet connection to be slow. Would anyone agree..??..