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| 249937 | 2004-07-05 05:38:00 | Hello Can some one tell me what Processes these are? See screen shot (sal.neoburn.net) Like for example what is MDM.EXE? Or TICIcon.exe!?!? I am just trying to find out what is causing my computer to lock up / crash when I run my TV card. I am running win xp pro. |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 249938 | 2004-07-05 05:47:00 | Try these take your pick for the 2nd one here (www.liutilities.com) here (www.google.com) |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 249939 | 2004-07-05 23:05:00 | Would it be too much effort to put together a brief FAQ on this, listing at least the typical system processes that Windows runs all or much of the time, and those of some of the more common applications, where the names are not obvious. The processes that concern me particularly are the ones that end ___mon, or something else suggestive of monitoring. They may be crucial to keeping the system running efficiently, but on the other hand, may be spy/adware. On a quick check right at the minute, almost everything on this machine seems identifiable; but what on earth is WZQPICK.EXE? (Nothing disastrous happens when I terminate it.) Can we try to pull together a list of processes and their functions; or is it expecting too much? Argus |
argus (366) | ||
| 249940 | 2004-07-05 23:24:00 | > Can we try to pull together a list of processes and their functions; or is it expecting too much? There is plenty of info out there on the internet if one takes the time to search. New ones crop up all the time so keeping a list up-to-date would be rather tedious. If you are volunteering, however, we won't say no. ;-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 249941 | 2004-07-05 23:28:00 | This site (www.windowsstartup.com) explains most tasks and processes | johnboy (217) | ||
| 249942 | 2004-07-06 08:48:00 | MDM.exe is the Machine Debug Manager. Look here. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 249943 | 2004-07-06 08:52:00 | > On a quick check right at the minute, almost > everything on this machine seems identifiable; but > what on earth is WZQPICK.EXE? (Nothing disastrous > happens when I terminate it.) Winzip Quick Pick or something like that - its a part of Winzip that likes to sit in the sytem tray just in case you want to zip something up in a hurry. See here. Its not needed - I always disable it as soon as I install Winzip. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 249944 | 2004-07-06 08:56:00 | > The processes that concern me particularly are the > ones that end ___mon, or something else suggestive of > monitoring. They may be crucial to keeping the system > running efficiently, but on the other hand, may be > spy/adware. If you're talking about the ctfmon process in Stu's screenshot, its not spyware. Its something to do with Microsoft Office language settings, and alternative language inputs or something. See here. Its not needed unless the user wants to switch input languages or methods. I have this disabled on my PC, so this process doesn't run. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 249945 | 2004-07-06 09:01:00 | > > Can we try to pull together a list of processes and > > their functions; or is it expecting too much? > > There is plenty of info out there on the internet if > one takes the time to search . New ones crop up all > the time so keeping a list up-to-date would be rather > tedious . I don't think we'll ever get a good a list as at . pacs-portal . co . uk/startup_content . php]Pacs" target="_blank">www . pacs-portal . co . uk Portal[/url] . Mike . |
Mike (15) | ||
| 249946 | 2004-07-06 09:05:00 | > I don't think we'll ever get a good a list as at www.pacs-portal.co.uk > Portal[/url]. In fact, it looks like Pacs Portal's list has been moved to Sysinfo. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
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