long startup - Running Tasks - 3 incidents of Kernel32.dll - should I delete one/two?

Hi there...when i go into system information\software environment\running
tasks i notice there are three incidents of Kernel32.dll...
should I, and is it possible to, delete one or two of these...??
Not sure if this will do the trick, but i'm trying to free up some memory at
start up...
By the way - i have over 34 items listed in the "running tasks" folder...how
do i know what i "need", or what programs they represent - some are easy to
figure out, but some are not...
How do i know if they all need to be in there??
Will getting rid of some of these free up memory, and increase startup and
processing speed??
Appreciate your help!!

Here are the items i have listed:
teatimer.exe c:\program files\spybot - search & destroy\teatimer.exe
helpctr.exe c:\windows\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\helpctr.exe
vsmon.exe c:\windows\system\zonelabs\vsmon.exe
zlclient.exe c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\zlclient.exe
ggviewer67-14.exe c:\program files\google\ggviewer67-14.exe
navapw32.exe c:\program files\norton antivirus\navapw32.exe
maxmem.exe c:\windows\desktop\burn cd folder\maxmem.exe
lvcoms.exe c:\windows\system\lvcoms.exe
ddhelp.exe c:\windows\system\ddhelp.exe
createcd50.exe c:\program files\common files\adaptec
shared\createcd\createcd50.exe
loadqm.exe c:\windows\loadqm.exe
ssdpsrv.exe c:\windows\system\ssdpsrv.exe
inetsw95.exe c:\program files\websvr\system\inetsw95.exe
phontool.exe c:\program files\phonetools\phontool.exe
lexbces.exe c:\windows\system\lexbces.exe
ahqtb.exe c:\program files\creative\sblive\audiohq\ahqtb.exe
devldr16.exe c:\windows\system\devldr16.exe
mdm.exe c:\windows\system\mdm.exe
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
explorer.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe
winmgmt.exe c:\windows\system\wbem\winmgmt.exe
icsmgr.exe c:\windows\system\icsmgr.exe
mstask.exe c:\windows\system\mstask.exe
tapisrv.exe c:\windows\system\tapisrv.exe
stmgr.exe c:\windows\system\restore\stmgr.exe
spool32.exe c:\windows\system\spool32.exe
systray.exe c:\windows\system\systray.exe
mprexe.exe c:\windows\system\mprexe.exe
taskmon.exe c:\windows\taskmon.exe
stimon.exe c:\windows\system\stimon.exe
rpcss.exe c:\windows\system\rpcss.exe
wmiexe.exe c:\windows\system\wmiexe.exe

Hi there...when i go into system information\software
environment\running tasks i notice there are three incidents of
Kernel32.dll...
should I, and is it possible to, delete one or two of these...??

Not if you want Win Me to continue running. All the more so since there is
only one copy of the file loaded into memory.

As for freeing up memory you have far too many applications being launched
each time you boot your system although I doubt your problem is with lack of
memory but rather lack of resources - something entirely different.

A good place to look to for advice as to which programs need to be run at
startup is Pacman's site where he lists what should definitely be retained and
which can be safely removed from the startup axis
(http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm). Reducing such applications
and only starting them when required can free up significant resources.
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Gauthier wrote:

Hi there...when i go into system information\software
environment\running tasks i notice there are three incidents of
Kernel32.dll...
should I, and is it possible to, delete one or two of these...??
Not sure if this will do the trick, but i'm trying to free up some
memory at start up...
By the way - i have over 34 items listed in the "running tasks"
folder...how do i know what i "need", or what programs they represent
- some are easy to figure out, but some are not...
How do i know if they all need to be in there??
Will getting rid of some of these free up memory, and increase
startup and processing speed??
Appreciate your help!!

Here are the items i have listed:
teatimer.exe c:\program files\spybot - search & destroy\teatimer.exe
helpctr.exe c:\windows\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\helpctr.exe
vsmon.exe c:\windows\system\zonelabs\vsmon.exe
zlclient.exe c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\zlclient.exe
ggviewer67-14.exe c:\program files\google\ggviewer67-14.exe
navapw32.exe c:\program files\norton antivirus\navapw32.exe
maxmem.exe c:\windows\desktop\burn cd folder\maxmem.exe
lvcoms.exe c:\windows\system\lvcoms.exe
ddhelp.exe c:\windows\system\ddhelp.exe
createcd50.exe c:\program files\common files\adaptec
shared\createcd\createcd50.exe
loadqm.exe c:\windows\loadqm.exe
ssdpsrv.exe c:\windows\system\ssdpsrv.exe
inetsw95.exe c:\program files\websvr\system\inetsw95.exe
phontool.exe c:\program files\phonetools\phontool.exe
lexbces.exe c:\windows\system\lexbces.exe
ahqtb.exe c:\program files\creative\sblive\audiohq\ahqtb.exe
devldr16.exe c:\windows\system\devldr16.exe
mdm.exe c:\windows\system\mdm.exe
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
explorer.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe
winmgmt.exe c:\windows\system\wbem\winmgmt.exe
icsmgr.exe c:\windows\system\icsmgr.exe
mstask.exe c:\windows\system\mstask.exe
tapisrv.exe c:\windows\system\tapisrv.exe
stmgr.exe c:\windows\system\restore\stmgr.exe
spool32.exe c:\windows\system\spool32.exe
systray.exe c:\windows\system\systray.exe
mprexe.exe c:\windows\system\mprexe.exe
taskmon.exe c:\windows\taskmon.exe
stimon.exe c:\windows\system\stimon.exe
rpcss.exe c:\windows\system\rpcss.exe
wmiexe.exe c:\windows\system\wmiexe.exe

Gauthier
Yours is NOT a list of startup items - but a list of running processes
(hence the three entries for kernel32.dll)

to look for Startup items, use MSCONFIG in the first instance - the list of
startup items is going to be considerably smaller than 34.


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"Mike M" wrote in message
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Hi there...when i go into system information\software
environment\running tasks i notice there are three incidents of
Kernel32.dll...
should I, and is it possible to, delete one or two of these...??

Not if you want Win Me to continue running. All the more so since there
is
only one copy of the file loaded into memory.

As for freeing up memory you have far too many applications being launched
each time you boot your system although I doubt your problem is with lack
of
memory but rather lack of resources - something entirely different.

A good place to look to for advice as to which programs need to be run at
startup is Pacman's site where he lists what should definitely be retained
and
which can be safely removed from the startup axis
(http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm). Reducing such
applications
and only starting them when required can free up significant resources.
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Gauthier wrote:

Hi there...when i go into system information\software
environment\running tasks i notice there are three incidents of
Kernel32.dll...
should I, and is it possible to, delete one or two of these...??
Not sure if this will do the trick, but i'm trying to free up some
memory at start up...
By the way - i have over 34 items listed in the "running tasks"
folder...how do i know what i "need", or what programs they represent
- some are easy to figure out, but some are not...
How do i know if they all need to be in there??
Will getting rid of some of these free up memory, and increase
startup and processing speed??
Appreciate your help!!

Here are the items i have listed:
teatimer.exe c:\program files\spybot - search & destroy\teatimer.exe
helpctr.exe c:\windows\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\helpctr.exe
vsmon.exe c:\windows\system\zonelabs\vsmon.exe
zlclient.exe c:\program files\zone labs\zonealarm\zlclient.exe
ggviewer67-14.exe c:\program files\google\ggviewer67-14.exe
navapw32.exe c:\program files\norton antivirus\navapw32.exe
maxmem.exe c:\windows\desktop\burn cd folder\maxmem.exe
lvcoms.exe c:\windows\system\lvcoms.exe
ddhelp.exe c:\windows\system\ddhelp.exe
createcd50.exe c:\program files\common files\adaptec
shared\createcd\createcd50.exe
loadqm.exe c:\windows\loadqm.exe
ssdpsrv.exe c:\windows\system\ssdpsrv.exe
inetsw95.exe c:\program files\websvr\system\inetsw95.exe
phontool.exe c:\program files\phonetools\phontool.exe
lexbces.exe c:\windows\system\lexbces.exe
ahqtb.exe c:\program files\creative\sblive\audiohq\ahqtb.exe
devldr16.exe c:\windows\system\devldr16.exe
mdm.exe c:\windows\system\mdm.exe
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
kernel32.dll c:\windows\system\kernel32.dll
explorer.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe
winmgmt.exe c:\windows\system\wbem\winmgmt.exe
icsmgr.exe c:\windows\system\icsmgr.exe
mstask.exe c:\windows\system\mstask.exe
tapisrv.exe c:\windows\system\tapisrv.exe
stmgr.exe c:\windows\system\restore\stmgr.exe
spool32.exe c:\windows\system\spool32.exe
systray.exe c:\windows\system\systray.exe
mprexe.exe c:\windows\system\mprexe.exe
taskmon.exe c:\windows\taskmon.exe
stimon.exe c:\windows\system\stimon.exe
rpcss.exe c:\windows\system\rpcss.exe
wmiexe.exe c:\windows\system\wmiexe.exe