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| 141175 | 2003-05-04 00:51:00 | Hi Jen Rather than continue on the old thread I thought it best to contact you on what is a separate issue. The story so far: > I have one little query - down in the bar at the > bottom where I have Internet Explorer etc there has > appeared a box entitled "mixer". I do not think it > is connected in any way with Jetstart or the router > (but maybe it is). It does not maximise or anything > but just sits there. The only change I have made > recently (apart from Jetstart) is to download > IrfanView. Perhaps that ? or is it some type of Ad > Ware ? If you right-click on this mixer box, do you get any options? It does sound like something associated with your sound options. But if it has only just appeared, it could be related to the router - try disconnecting the router connection from the PC and see if anything happens to the symbol. I have InfraView and I don't recall having any strange additions to my task bar at any stage, so I don't think it is that. Failling all that, have a nosey at your Start up list using Start > Run > msconfig (enter). Under the Start Up tab is there anything called mixer? There should be a file path listed which may shed more light on it. Running Adaware would not hurt either - especially since you'll now be zooming all over the net with your fast connection Jen ************ Using the start up list I was presented with a list of 36 items - non of which were 'mixer'. Ran Ad-Aware 6.0 and got a clean bill of health ! :) Something which does show some light on it however is that I very recently downloaded "JV16 pt" for cleaning registry and files (which I will approach very tentatively). It says that 'mixer' is "Local ApplWizard- Generated Applications" - Sounds innocuous but is it ? cheers :| |
Misty (368) | ||
| 141176 | 2003-05-04 02:05:00 | Sorry Misty, but I was talking to Jen at ICE on Friday, and she's gone on holiday to aussie for a week, she left Saturday I believe... It might pay to <bump> this thread up next friday :-) And it was good to see you @ ICE :-) Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 141177 | 2003-05-04 02:11:00 | Misty, Jen is unlikely to be online this week. I have sent her the link to this thread to let her know about it, but in the meantime someone else may be able to offer help. To assist them could you post your version of Windows again and also the list of programs in your Start-Up List? |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 141178 | 2003-05-04 03:27:00 | Hi Susan (not your real name, I know) :) My OS is Windows ME The list of programs in the startup list is: Taskbar Display Controls Scan Registry TaskMonitor PcHealth System Tray Load Power Profile WorksFUD Microsoft Works Portfolio Microsoft Works Update Protection Key Maestro Adaptec DirectCD LoadQM TkBellExe QuickTimeTask AVG.cc HPDJ Taskbar Utility C-Media Mixer CreateCD Load Power Profile *StateMgr Scheduling Agent SSDPSVR StillImageMonitor True Vector MiniLog AVGserv9.exe ZoneAlarm Webshots Office Startup Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar Microsoft FindFast WinZipQuickPick PrintKey2000 Run= I have just removed Norton Anti-virus which explains why two short of the 36 I quoted. Using AVG nowadays. Looking at the list again it is probably "C-Media Mixer" ? :8} I seem to have a hellava lot in my startup list - should I prune drastically ? ?:| |
Misty (368) | ||
| 141179 | 2003-05-04 04:06:00 | C-Media Mixer is simply the volume control for your OnBoard AC '97 Soundcard. It does not need to be enabled. You can still access it at a later date from the Control Panel and adjust some of the settings (Such as Headphones or Desktop speakers :-)) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 141180 | 2003-05-04 05:08:00 | Thanks Chilling Silence I have disenabled. It seems to me that I would be best to do the same with others such as Adaptec Direct CD and others which i only use once in a blue moon. As I understand it I will still be able to get throught the start menu but with the advantage that when I power up it will be a bit quicker doing so ? :) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 141181 | 2003-05-04 05:33:00 | ...A bit slower.. they'll load a little faster if you have the things open in your tray, but with the penalty of slowing down your whole system.. normally its not terribly nocticable... but the advantages are not terribly great for most apps... knocking a second off application load time, why bother? | Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 141182 | 2003-05-04 08:31:00 | Thanks Chilling Silence That puts it in perspective. It is easy to get over anxious about the wrong things. Will leave as is ! :) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 141183 | 2003-05-04 09:29:00 | Hi Misty, You have quite a lot of items in your Start-Up Menu and it could do with a bit of a prune . All those things are not just loading at start-up but they are also quietly running in the background using up valuable resources so it is a good idea to have as little loading at start-up as possible . I would advise you go to the Pacs-Portal ( . pacs-portal . co . uk/startup_content . htm#THE_PROGRAMS" target="_blank">www . pacs-portal . co . uk) site and/or Answers That Work ( . answersthatwork . com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist . htm" target="_blank">www . answersthatwork . com) and look up all those items in your list . You can then decide for yourself which ones you wish to disable . There is a lot of good information at Pacs-Portal that is well worth reading . :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 141184 | 2003-05-10 13:41:00 | Hi Misty I see the Team has sorted out your Mixer icon whilst I was AWOL :-) Big sigh .... a lot of catch up reading to do on PF1 ... only another 250 threads to go ..... |
Jen C (20) | ||
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