Help needed identifying programs...

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Pete Richardson

Hi,

I'm starting to have trouble with my pc where I have more than one program
running at the same time... for example - Explorer, Outlook Express and
TorrentStorm. Quite regularily now, when I try to switch from one program to
the other and do anything I get an error message saying my pc doesn't have
enough memory/resources.

I'm running Windows 98 SE with 512 mb RAM and Norton 2003
SystemWorks/Firewall. If I boot my pc afresh, these are the programs
appearing in my Systray (some I can indentify, but a LOT I can't)...

Explorer
Ccapp
Mad
Motivedirectory
Mpbtn
Loadqm
Findfast
Osa
Monwow
Gbtray
Csinsm32
Incd
Motivesb
Point32
Dslagent
Systray
Gsicon
Nprotect
Csinject
Mwsoemon

Now that seems a lot of programs to me ! Can anybody help tell me what they
are/do and which ones I should/shouldn't need running ?

Thanks in advance,
Pete.
 
from the wonderful said:
Hi,

I'm starting to have trouble with my pc where I have more than one program
running at the same time... for example - Explorer, Outlook Express and
TorrentStorm. Quite regularily now, when I try to switch from one program to
the other and do anything I get an error message saying my pc doesn't have
enough memory/resources.

I'm running Windows 98 SE with 512 mb RAM and Norton 2003
SystemWorks/Firewall. If I boot my pc afresh, these are the programs
appearing in my Systray (some I can indentify, but a LOT I can't)...

Explorer
Ccapp
Mad
Motivedirectory
Mpbtn
Loadqm
Findfast
Osa
Monwow
Gbtray
Csinsm32
Incd
Motivesb
Point32
Dslagent
Systray
Gsicon
Nprotect
Csinject
Mwsoemon

Now that seems a lot of programs to me ! Can anybody help tell me what they
are/do and which ones I should/shouldn't need running ?
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www.google.com will find most, if not all, of these for you. You can
well do without 'findfast' which is the MS Office equivalent of the
dreaded CISVC (content indexing service) in WinXP. Point 32 is your
wheel mouse driver. OSA is another piece of Office (preloaded) nonsense.

Like I said - www.google.com
 
Hi,

I'm starting to have trouble with my pc... Thanks in advance,
Pete.
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some discussion of mad/mcd/motive on
http://www.selfnoise.net/blog/index.php/archives/index.php/archive/1/index.php/item/76

general program id info at

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/

check freeware utilities at one of the coolest sites around

http://www.sysinternals.com/

very useful utilities, with one in particular you can see what files are
being accessed in realtime, this helps identify resource hogs... and
trojans/virii etc.

there are other sites I have lost links to that also have useful info

google for it dude...
 
Here's a few of your startups from this list.

Thanks to the creators:

Created by Paul "Pacman" Collins for Pacman's Portal

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

Key

"Y" - Normally leave to run at start-up
"N" - Not required - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if
necessary
"U" - User's choice - depends whether a user deems it necessary
"X" - Definitely not required - typically viruses, spyware, adware and "resource hogs"
"?" - Unknown



"Y" ccApp ccApp.exe Part of Norton AntiVirus 2003. Auto-protect and E-mail check will not
function without this.

"Y" MAD.EXE MAD.EXE MAD.exe is the MS Exchange 5.5 System
Attendant and can also consume a large amount of resources
resolved by the latest Exchange 5.5 Service Pack.
Also part of Exchange 2000 Server but does it have the same problems?.
Apparently you need to leave this running but is it needed at start-up?

"N" Motive SmartBridge mpbtn.exe System tray
icon for the Virtual Assistant from AT&T Broadband,
used to communicate internet problems via the network
rather than telephone.
Available via desktop shortcut or Start -> Programs - not required

LoadQM loadqm.exe Installed with MSN Explorer
and loads the MSN Queue Manager. Required to enable the
WU AutoUpdate feature. Note that disabling this can sometimes prevent
internet sharing working on Win2K Pro SP2.
Reports also suggest that removing it will re-enable internet access -
hence the "users choice" recommendation.
If you have problems leave it, otherwise I recommend you disable it.

Phil®
 
Sorry my reply was for Pete Richardson.
This list of startup apps is the most comprehensive list I have found.
 
Here's a few of your startups from this list.

Thanks to the creators:

Created by Paul "Pacman" Collins for Pacman's Portal

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

Key

"Y" - Normally leave to run at start-up
"N" - Not required - typically infrequently used tasks that can be started manually if
necessary
"U" - User's choice - depends whether a user deems it necessary
"X" - Definitely not required - typically viruses, spyware, adware and "resource hogs"
"?" - Unknown



"Y" ccApp ccApp.exe Part of Norton AntiVirus 2003. Auto-protect and E-mail check will not
function without this.

"Y" MAD.EXE MAD.EXE MAD.exe is the MS Exchange 5.5 System
Attendant and can also consume a large amount of resources
resolved by the latest Exchange 5.5 Service Pack.
Also part of Exchange 2000 Server but does it have the same problems?.
Apparently you need to leave this running but is it needed at start-up?

"N" Motive SmartBridge mpbtn.exe System tray
icon for the Virtual Assistant from AT&T Broadband,
used to communicate internet problems via the network
rather than telephone.
Available via desktop shortcut or Start -> Programs - not required

LoadQM loadqm.exe Installed with MSN Explorer
and loads the MSN Queue Manager. Required to enable the
WU AutoUpdate feature. Note that disabling this can sometimes prevent
internet sharing working on Win2K Pro SP2.
Reports also suggest that removing it will re-enable internet access -
hence the "users choice" recommendation.
If you have problems leave it, otherwise I recommend you disable it.

Phil®
 
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