Hidden programs (?) running?

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Jim Y

I have a Gateway 510 with XP home edition. When a program starts, a "ding" is heard to let the user
know. Lately, I have noticed that "ding" to sound at the oddest times. Is there someway that I can
determine what is/was running on my PC? I have run Norton A/V update and check for viruses. I know
A/V software is NOT 100% perfect. For that reason I would like to determine what is causing the
"ding" to sound when, to my knowledge, it should not.

Can someone direct me to the solution?

Thank you,
Jim Y
 
Your best shot is Winternals "Regmon" program.
It monitors registry activity and opens the registry location.
Can be a hard road to follow as a lot of activity is normal.
 
Open Task Manager.
Ctrl + Shift + Esc

Start | Help and Support | Type:
Using Windows Task Manager
in the box | Click the arrow | Read

Also .......
Task Manager Help
Start | Run | Type: C:\WINDOWS\Help\taskmgr.chm | OK
 
That worked, but the list was very long on my PC. I have to take time to go over all of the items
to discover which are supposed to be there..

Thank you,
Jim Y
 
Jim,

These links may be of some help. ;-)

Service information.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services

http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/winnt/services.html

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm

http://www.geocities.com/ziyadhosein/xpserv1.htm

http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/windowsxp.html

================================
Startup Programs.

http://www.azpchelp.com/StartupListQ-U.htm

http://www.greatis.com/regrun3appdatabase.htm

http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

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

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.php

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

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

http://www.norris160.org/noel/win_processes.htm

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

These links may be of some help. ;-)

Service information.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services

http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/winnt/services.html

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm

http://www.geocities.com/ziyadhosein/xpserv1.htm

http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/windowsxp.html

================================
Startup Programs.

http://www.azpchelp.com/StartupListQ-U.htm

http://www.greatis.com/regrun3appdatabase.htm

http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

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

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.php

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

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

http://www.norris160.org/noel/win_processes.htm

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

These links may be of some help. ;-)

Service information.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services

http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/winnt/services.html

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm

http://www.geocities.com/ziyadhosein/xpserv1.htm

http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/windowsxp.html

================================
Startup Programs.

http://www.azpchelp.com/StartupListQ-U.htm

http://www.greatis.com/regrun3appdatabase.htm

http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

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

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.php

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

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

http://www.norris160.org/noel/win_processes.htm

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

These links may be of some help. ;-)

Service information.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm#Services

http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/winnt/services.html

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm

http://www.geocities.com/ziyadhosein/xpserv1.htm

http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/windowsxp.html

================================
Startup Programs.

http://www.azpchelp.com/StartupListQ-U.htm

http://www.greatis.com/regrun3appdatabase.htm

http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm

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

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.php

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

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

http://www.norris160.org/noel/win_processes.htm

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/
 
I can't find anything running that I recognize as should not be running. It may be the standby
routine kicking in when I don't move the mouse for a while. I will keep looking though.

Thank you for the information,
Jim Y
 
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