Hehe, you are lucky to be busy until 2008 :) I was a little brief on the other post but Rundll32 is a process that is ru= nning when a program loads a DLL (Dynamic Link Library). So, if Rundll32 is still running is not a problem, Rundll32 by itself is no= t a 'hacking' software, but some program that calls a DLL could be. If the problem is produced by a trojan or similar software be careful. Bei= ng busy working is a good thing but keeping your data secure is also a good= practice. Backup your data often just in case you are having a new threat= not detected by your Antivirus/Antispyware software If you use msconfig you will be able to safely enable/disable processes tha= t run at startup. Also check the Start menu. It's always nice to know every program/process running on our PCs If inst= alling the driver solved the problem (as the driver loads first) that doesn= 't mean that the "com port opening process" isn't also running... ----- Mensaje original ---- De: John Pfaff Para: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Enviado: viernes 19 de enero de 2007, 13:58:39 Asunto: Re: [EE] PC Serial Port - The Answer I wondered the same thing. Unfortunately, NTFiles didn't tell me much = more that rundll32.exe was using the port, didn't tell me what started = rundll32. BTW, rundll32 is still running, but the tablet driver gets to the port = first. I can log out, switch users, etc, and the tablet still works, so = I'm not going to worry about it until I have some free time, hopefully = by 2008 :) Herbert Graf wrote: > On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 07:27 -0800, Mauricio Giovagnini wrote: > = >> Weird! >> >> I wonder what was runll32.exe doing with the serial port.... >> = > > Unfortunately rundll32.exe alone doesn't tell us much. It is a process > which loads DLLs and runs them, it doesn't do this by itself, but when > requested by another application (indirectly). > > TTYL > > = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist = = = __________________________________________________ = Pregunt=E1. Respond=E9. Descubr=ED. = Todo lo que quer=EDas saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, = est=E1 en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). = =A1Probalo ya! = http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist