----- Original Message -----
From: "john_blanchard" <john_blanchard@MSN.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Virus , IE or hardware?


> You might start with running msinfo32.exe  (it should come with your OS,
if
> system tools were installed when the OS was installed)
>
> You can see if you have an Icon for the tool go from the start button down
> this path:
> Start->programs->accessories->system tools->system information
>
> When that tool comes up then select the tools button for system
> configuration utility

FWIW - You can bypass all this and just click Start/Run type in msconfig and
click ok and you'll be right here.  MSCONFIG is usually installed even if
MSINFO is not.

> then select the startup tab to see the list of what the system is running
at
> startup.

You can uncheck boxes for things and they won't be spawned when the system
starts.  Don't uncheck "SystemTray" or "LoadPowerProfile".  You can always
come back to here and re-check the boxes.  Windows will want to restart if
you make changes here. (Big surprise there, huh?)

>
> If you don't have an Icon you can see if you have the .exe at this
location
> C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSINFO>msinfo32.exe
>
> You can just run msinfo32.exe directly.
>
> If you don't have the file then it was not installed when the OS was
> installed.  I think they were optional system tools.
> You should be able to install them from the CD.
>
> You could also just press <control> <alt> <del> to bring up the task list
> and see what you have running

Warning - Not everything shows up here.  Some things run invisibly.

> here is a list of what I had running before I started my network.
>
> explorer   --- windows shell, provides the desktop
> systray    --- provides the system tray of buttons
>
> -------
> reminder  -- popup reminder installed by some game
> hpcron     -- utility for the HP scanner
> newsalrt    --   utility to download news alerts
> dssagent   --   for my sound card control
> apiptaaa    --   for my ATI video card
> mdm          --  for my debugger
> ahqtb         --  for my RW CD ROM
>
> You can select end task to kill some of the programs (to see what is
causing
> your problem).

It may be easier to turn off everything using MSCONFIG and see if that
helps.  Then gradually turn the items back on to try to determine which, if
any, is causing the problem.

> You probably don't want to kill explorer and systray as these are part of
> the OS and are not causing your problem.
> If you kill explorer the shell will disappear but it should start back up
> automatically.  If you kill systray, the system tray
> with the icons of the running programs will disappear.  You can try to
kill
> files from the task list one at a time to see what
> they do and which one caused your problems.
>
> When I first got my machine 7 months ago I cleaned it up so that only the
> core OS files were running.
> after several months of running programs I now have these files running.
> Time to clean up again.
>
>
> hope this helps.
>
> -jb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Huisman" <david.huisman@ADVMININGTECH.COM.AU>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 5:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Virus , IE or hardware?
>
>
> > Andy,
> >
> > Thanks for the prompt response
> >
> > The problem occurred also before recent install of IE 6 when I was
running
> > IE5.5
> >
> > Does this have the same problem ?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David Huisman
> >
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