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| 154314 | 2003-06-22 22:58:00 | My system hard-drive has started to chunder away almost non-stop at random times all day. When I look at the list of tasks - there's a long list. Tried shutting them down 1 x 1 but just succeeded in preventing myself from getting any actual work done during the day. Is there a program or a document that lists what these acronyms stand for, what they do, so that I can find which is the one that's slowing everything down? Any advice appreciated |
qcgroup (2260) | ||
| 154315 | 2003-06-23 03:18:00 | What is your OS (win 98, xp?). What other software are you using that starts up with the system. Are you online at the time? And what are your hardware specs? Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 154316 | 2003-06-23 05:09:00 | Have a look at Pacs-Portal for info on startup programs. Pacs-Portal: www.pacs-portal.co.uk |
whitebait (3283) | ||
| 154317 | 2003-06-24 06:31:00 | I am using Win ME When I go Control/Alt/Delete & look at the list, I can't understand what each is doing. |
qcgroup (2260) | ||
| 154318 | 2003-06-24 06:36:00 | Hey, Thanks for that - the site has a link to "Answers that work" & this has a full list of all tasks in alphabetical order & what they do & a reccommendation. Thanks again |
qcgroup (2260) | ||
| 154319 | 2003-06-24 06:43:00 | It could be windows writing to virtual memory. Otherwise go through msconfig startup tab and experiment with turning things off and if it has adverse effects to something you use then leave it on otherwise turn it off( if it doesn't do anything you need why start it when you computer boots). Of course make sure you dont disable your virus checker or firewall. Run spybot or adaware and see if it finds anything as well. | rsnic (3780) | ||
| 154320 | 2003-06-24 07:04:00 | Thanks - but that's what I didn't want to do. Ok if you know what you are doing - but the time to enable & disable & re-start each time was something I wanted to avoid - this is my work system. As a result I have a whole load of disabled start-ups which I don't know what to do with & now multiple copies - real mess. I've just downloaded "start-up Manager' & hopefully this freeware will allow me to re-instate all the programs & just delete those that I really don't need. Hopefully this will re-stabilise my system. After looking at the list of tasks on the above web-sites, I think the problem was a Norton System works program 'CSinject" that kept scanning my HDD regularly. I don't need it. Thanks for your help. |
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