Only new things I installed recently were Opera (then removed it), Mozilla (then removed as well), Star Office (still on), and MPLAB (just for the sim, but I've been using it a lot to code while sitting in coffee shops). Against my general practice, I installed these around the same timeframe, so it was tough to determine the culprit. If it's to allow DOS programs to run, then MPLAB must be the one starting it up. And I was wrongfully pointing a finger at StarOffice. I've noticed that I have a memory leak as well. I'll single it out over the next few days to determine if it's really so. Thanks, -Neil. -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Barry Michels Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 10:33 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT]: Anyone recognize this Windows process? NTVDM is "NT Virtual Dos Machine". It's to allow older software to work with NT's HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). I don't remember what wowexec is for, but they both stay in memory after you run some older software. It is safe to 'End Task' on these. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pic Dude" To: Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 11:26 PM Subject: [OT]: Anyone recognize this Windows process? > "wowexec.exe" > > Win2k has been bogging down for the last few days and this process keeps > appearing in the Task Mgr. Killing it doesn't seem to solve the problem, > but does not seem to affect anything either. > > It always seems to follow a process called "NTVDM.exe", btw. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics