What are default Running Processes on a Windows 10 Home computer?

If you are running a Windows 10 system, and you see some strange processes showing up on Task Manager, you can compare your running processes with this default task list of a Windows 10 Home Premium system on a HP laptop:

Image Name                  PID Session Name Mem Usage
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System Idle Process           0 Services           8 K
System                        4 Services       3,704 K
smss.exe                    420 Services       1,156 K
csrss.exe                   704 Services       5,748 K
wininit.exe                 840 Services       6,164 K
services.exe                904 Services      10,140 K
lsass.exe                   980 Services      36,456 K
svchost.exe                 456 Services       3,548 K
svchost.exe                 464 Services      67,228 K
fontdrvhost.exe             620 Services       3,848 K
svchost.exe                 696 Services      13,528 K
svchost.exe                 616 Services       6,620 K
svchost.exe                1164 Services      21,820 K
svchost.exe                1180 Services      10,260 K
svchost.exe                1204 Services       9,244 K
svchost.exe                1324 Services       5,436 K
svchost.exe                1332 Services       7,212 K
svchost.exe                1364 Services      24,512 K
svchost.exe                1372 Services      10,388 K
WUDFHost.exe               1508 Services      13,648 K
svchost.exe                1592 Services       8,892 K
NVDisplay.Container.exe    1628 Services       7,920 K
igfxCUIService.exe         1648 Services       7,752 K
svchost.exe                1704 Services       5,740 K
svchost.exe                1804 Services      33,104 K
svchost.exe                1860 Services      31,048 K
svchost.exe                1920 Services       8,928 K
svchost.exe                1948 Services      25,224 K
svchost.exe                2044 Services       9,956 K
svchost.exe                1072 Services       5,264 K
svchost.exe                 812 Services      32,468 K
svchost.exe                2084 Services       7,000 K
svchost.exe                2092 Services      25,332 K
svchost.exe                2192 Services      63,652 K
svchost.exe                2232 Services       9,236 K
svchost.exe                2420 Services      39,976 K
HP3DDGService.exe          2516 Services       2,908 K
svchost.exe                2600 Services      26,352 K
hpservice.exe              2624 Services       4,292 K
RtkAudioService64.exe      2676 Services       7,204 K
svchost.exe                2740 Services       5,936 K
svchost.exe                2748 Services      11,472 K
svchost.exe                2756 Services      25,208 K
svchost.exe                2916 Services      16,624 K
svchost.exe                3016 Services      12,832 K
spoolsv.exe                2124 Services      48,868 K
svchost.exe                3100 Services      19,388 K
svchost.exe                3136 Services       7,068 K
svchost.exe                3360 Services      62,084 K
svchost.exe                3368 Services      39,376 K
svchost.exe                3376 Services      22,240 K
svchost.exe                3384 Services      12,292 K
svchost.exe                3392 Services      19,500 K
svchost.exe                3400 Services       5,244 K
svchost.exe                3408 Services      20,848 K
svchost.exe                3416 Services      55,820 K
svchost.exe                3424 Services     111,908 K
svchost.exe                3444 Services       9,928 K
svchost.exe                3452 Services       7,652 K
svchost.exe                3460 Services       7,752 K
svchost.exe                3468 Services       7,100 K
SecurityHealthService.exe  3616 Services      12,680 K
mDNSResponder.exe          3724 Services       6,280 K
esif_uf.exe                3732 Services       6,132 K
NvTelemetryContainer.exe   3744 Services      10,252 K
ETDService.exe             3752 Services       4,976 K
ibtsiva.exe                3760 Services       4,176 K
IntelCpHDCPSvc.exe         3872 Services       7,096 K
IntelCpHeciSvc.exe         4032 Services       9,812 K
svchost.exe                4044 Services       4,940 K
Memory Compression         4168 Services       9,780 K
svchost.exe                4300 Services      72,816 K
svchost.exe                4524 Services      29,320 K
HPOrbitService.exe         4880 Services      14,120 K
svchost.exe                5340 Services       6,520 K
svchost.exe                5640 Services      68,448 K
SearchIndexer.exe          5788 Services      32,892 K
svchost.exe                6676 Services      24,648 K
WmiPrvSE.exe               6528 Services      18,324 K
svchost.exe                 612 Services      50,884 K
HPCommRecovery.exe         3720 Services      22,844 K
HPJumpStartBridge.exe      2716 Services      33,648 K
PresentationFontCache.exe  5472 Services      22,564 K
svchost.exe                7228 Services      46,312 K
svchost.exe                7536 Services      22,748 K
HPSupportSolutionsFramewo  7728 Services      77,140 K
IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe       7788 Services      53,900 K
jhi_service.exe            2068 Services       6,344 K
svchost.exe                8216 Services      30,832 K
WmiPrvSE.exe               9312 Services      44,312 K
svchost.exe                9524 Services     192,864 K
hpqwmiex.exe               9752 Services       9,356 K
svchost.exe               10812 Services      64,292 K
svchost.exe               10496 Services      35,480 K
svchost.exe                8596 Services      43,512 K
svchost.exe                7460 Services      51,436 K
csrss.exe                  8160 Console        5,788 K
winlogon.exe               5784 Console        8,340 K
fontdrvhost.exe            7248 Console        9,860 K
dwm.exe                   10700 Console       93,612 K
esif_assist_64.exe          560 Console        3,796 K
ETDCtrl.exe                8472 Console       25,256 K
svchost.exe                4040 Console       46,524 K
svchost.exe                7700 Console      104,160 K
sihost.exe                 9160 Console       33,180 K
taskhostw.exe              8504 Console       23,612 K
HPJumpStartLaunch.exe      7756 Console          144 K
igfxEM.exe                 8924 Console       13,340 K
explorer.exe               8772 Console      322,660 K
ETDCtrlHelper.exe          7600 Console       10,600 K
ShellExperienceHost.exe   11032 Console      102,484 K
RuntimeBroker.exe          6304 Console       60,372 K
TabTip.exe                 8148 Console       44,076 K
TabTip32.exe               2396 Console        4,648 K
MSASCuiL.exe               5992 Console        9,212 K
OneDrive.exe               9248 Console       24,752 K
HPMSGSVC.exe              10036 Console        8,132 K
CoolSense.exe              4864 Console          164 K
HPRadioMgr64.exe          10088 Console        8,564 K
AccelerometerSt.exe        4276 Console        3,204 K
HPAudioSwitch.exe          5628 Console       60,560 K
svchost.exe                8156 Console      103,068 K
RtkNGUI64.exe             11196 Console          276 K
InstallAgent.exe           2428 Console       12,344 K
SystemSettingsBroker.exe  10624 Console       20,556 K
ApplicationFrameHost.exe   8944 Console       38,028 K
TrustedInstaller.exe       5696 Services       7,144 K
TiWorker.exe               8748 Services      28,164 K
SystemSettingsAdminFlows.  5592 Console       11,912 K
svchost.exe                7224 Services      51,524 K
dllhost.exe                3296 Console       11,580 K
InputPersonalization.exe   4824 Console       19,720 K
conhost.exe               10584 Console       18,968 K
MicrosoftEdge.exe          4072 Console       82,292 K
browser_broker.exe        10444 Console       17,272 K
MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe        7396 Console       25,080 K
MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe       11396 Console       98,908 K
MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe        8332 Console      213,960 K
svchost.exe                8240 Services      26,536 K

svchost.exe                4572 Services      25,512 K
mspaint.exe                2136 Console       32,988 K
hpqwmiex.exe               6068 Services       9,268 K
svchost.exe                8296 Services      27,232 K
SkypeHost.exe              3280 Console        1,116 K
MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe        8700 Console       84,224 K
svchost.exe                2164 Services      21,692 K
taskhostw.exe             10988 Services      19,548 K
McAMTaskAgent.exe         12068 Services       7,440 K
ModuleCoreService.exe      6316 Services      55,528 K
ModuleCoreService.exe     10832 Console       30,680 K
conhost.exe                3544 Console        8,680 K
mfemms.exe                 1092 Services       8,492 K
mfevtps.exe                7164 Services      22,136 K
mfevtps.exe                6244 Services       6,272 K
mfefire.exe                3980 Services       9,988 K
mcapexe.exe               11148 Services      11,800 K
mfefire.exe                6340 Services       6,304 K
McCSPServiceHost.exe       6064 Services      21,760 K
MfeAVSvc.exe               7576 Services      38,452 K
McSvHost.exe              10844 Services      40,736 K
Solitaire.exe             10840 Console       26,124 K
Microsoft.Photos.exe       3208 Console      201,140 K
SearchUI.exe              14744 Console      183,876 K
dasHost.exe                2812 Services       4,308 K
WUDFHost.exe              12884 Services       8,664 K
PEFService.exe            13660 Services      11,844 K
McUICnt.exe               14272 Console       30,336 K
mmc.exe                    7408 Console       58,356 K
ETDTouch.exe              10824 Console        8,328 K
notepad.exe                8188 Console       18,164 K
svchost.exe                5712 Services       5,644 K
HPWMISVC.exe              13276 Services       8,000 K
WmiPrvSE.exe              13816 Services      11,504 K
WmiApSrv.exe               1032 Services       7,944 K
audiodg.exe                4856 Services      16,608 K
SystemSettingsAdminFlows. 13488 Console       11,784 K

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