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Old June 1st 04, 01:29 AM
Steve
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Default Unknown programs running in background

Using RamCleaner, I checked its "processes" screen and
found a bunch of stuff (listed below) running in the
background. Could you please tell me what this stuff is
and whether or not I should get rid of it? Thanks.

KERNEL32.DLL
MSGSRV32.EXE
MPREXE.EXE
MSTASK.EXE
SZNTSVC.EXE
SYSTRAY.EXE
REALSCHED.EXE
DLLHELP.EXE
WMIEXE.EXE
DDHELP.EXE
SPOOL32.EXE
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Old June 1st 04, 03:47 AM
glee
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Default Unknown programs running in background

I suggest you get rid of RamCleaner as it is just another "snake-oil" product.

Read here to identify what your startup apps a

Clean up your startup group:
http://www.westelcom.com/users/rogersr/clean.htm

Startup Programs Loading:
http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm

Start-ups:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm

Task List Programs:
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist.htm

StartUps:
http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Uncheck.htm

StartUp List:
http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html

Windows Startup Online Repository:
http://www.windowsstartup.com/wso/search.php
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Using RamCleaner, I checked its "processes" screen and
found a bunch of stuff (listed below) running in the
background. Could you please tell me what this stuff is
and whether or not I should get rid of it? Thanks.

KERNEL32.DLL
MSGSRV32.EXE
MPREXE.EXE
MSTASK.EXE
SZNTSVC.EXE
SYSTRAY.EXE
REALSCHED.EXE
DLLHELP.EXE
WMIEXE.EXE
DDHELP.EXE
SPOOL32.EXE


 




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