Background applications

[Dadstar0410]

What do they do, exactly? When I go to Settings>Applications, I see the apps that run in the background without being open, but does that affect the Live Tile at all? Because I LOVE Live Tiles, so I don't wanna jeopardize them, but I don't want all these applications running in the background.

 

[koen h]

These apps are not running in background all the time.
these background agents (official name) are running every 30 min or so just for a short amount of time.
depending on the app, this might be to update a tile but also for connecting to the web for syncing data.
i would not care to much about the background agents.

Kind regards,

Koen