Had a look through the services list. These potentially don't need to be running:
UI0Detect.exe 3,328 K 7,660 K 3760 Interactive services detection Microsoft Corporation
known to cause popup/focus stealing problems
hpservice.exe < 0.01 2,456 K 5,252 K 1312 HpService Hewlett-Packard Company
armsvc.exe 1,332 K 3,988 K 2080 Adobe Acrobat Update Service Adobe Systems Incorporated
ouc.exe 0.01 3,540 K 6,788 K 2548
software update services. No idea why all these companies insist on these running ALL the time.
AESTSr64.exe 1,876 K 3,484 K 2100 Andrea filters APO access service (64-bit) Andrea Electronics Corporation
mic background noise filter
Ath_CoexAgent.exe < 0.01 2,452 K 5,596 K 2132 Atheros Coex Service Application Atheros
AdminService.exe 3,208 K 7,272 K 2168 AdminService Application Atheros Commnucations
BtvStack.exe 10,124 K 14,000 K 3620 Bluetooth Tray Atheros Commnucations
AthBtTray.exe 6,580 K 15,252 K 3636 Bluetooth Tray Atheros Commnucations
Bluetooth stuff, disable if you don't have/use it.
RIconMan.exe < 0.01 3,192 K 6,576 K 2368 Realtek Card Reader Icon Tool. Realsil Microelectronics Inc.
not sure if this actually does anything useful (probably not). Looks like it's just for a tray icon.
ccsvchst.exe 0.14 62,616 K 20,640 K 2448 Symantec Service Framework Symantec Corporation
ccsvchst.exe < 0.01 19,772 K 11,168 K 2516
Symantec aka Norton. Get rid using the symantec/norton tool and use some AV that sucks less
TeamViewer_Service.exe < 0.01 4,492 K 11,912 K 2956 TeamViewer Remote Control Application TeamViewer GmbH
this doesn't need to automatically run (set it to manual start) unless you specificly want to allow remote access while you're not at the PC.
WLIDSVC.exe 5,444 K 11,780 K 3008
WLIDSVCM.exe 2,080 K 4,040 K 1628
Windows Live ID Service - useless unless you're running MSN or similar online microsoft software
IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe < 0.01 25,472 K 23,216 K 5176 IAStorDataSvc Intel Corporation
almost certainly not needed unless you're running RAID
LMS.exe < 0.01 3,152 K 5,424 K 4132 Local Manageability Service Intel Corporation
UNS.exe 3,636 K 7,748 K 6484 User Notification Service Intel Corporation
jhi_service.exe 1,432 K 4,636 K 2420 Intel IPT Host Interface Service Intel Corporation
probably not needed, but unlikely to cause a problem. May as well keep it running.
igfxtray.exe 4,384 K 8,496 K 3916 igfxTray Module Intel Corporation
hkcmd.exe 3,940 K 8,240 K 3976 hkcmd Module Intel Corporation
igfxpers.exe 5,324 K 11,312 K 4008 persistence Module Intel Corporation
intel integrated graphics stuff - as you seem to have a Radeon card, you may not need this running
sttray64.exe 10,172 K 21,340 K 4060 IDT PC Audio IDT, Inc.
System tray for the Audio. Probably not needed unless you actively use it
HWDeviceService64.exe 3,340 K 6,332 K 2328 DCSHOST
DCSHelper.exe 2,140 K 7,072 K 2380 DataCardMonitor MFC Application Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
DCSHelper.exe 0.18 2,536 K 7,172 K 3132 DataCardMonitor MFC Application Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
DataCard software. Third party security stuff, maybe installed by online banking?
Optus Mobile Broadband.exe 0.19 45,564 K 58,980 K 3528
don't know what it does. If you don't use mobile BB on your laptop, it's probably safe to turn it off
HP Stuff:
HPClientServices.exe 4,816 K 8,692 K 2208 HP Client Services Hewlett-Packard Company
seems to be yet another software update service
HPDrvMntSvc.exe 1,184 K 3,580 K 2248 HP Quick Synchronization Service Hewlett-Packard Company
disable unless you use HP quick sync software
HPAuto.exe 3,108 K 6,520 K 3064 HP Usage Improvement Tracking Hewlett-Packard
HPSA_Service.exe 24,848 K 17,936 K 5364 HP Support Assistant Service Hewlett-Packard Company
useless crap
hpqWmiEx.exe 2,608 K 7,060 K 5048 HP Software Framework WMI Service Hewlett-Packard Company
remove unless you have an HP printer
hpqwutils.exe 12,680 K 16,284 K 4888 HP QuickWeb Utilities Hewlett-Packard Company
dunno what QuickWeb is, disable unless you use it.
HPOSD.exe < 0.01 12,956 K 13,552 K 4932 HP On Screen Display Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
OSD (probably when pressing quicklaunch buttons).
HPWMISVC.exe 2,072 K 5,452 K 2276 HP Quick Launch WMI Service Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
HPMSGSVC.exe < 0.01 3,520 K 10,768 K 5004 HP Message Service Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
hp quicklaunch buttons
