- Running program in the background
- Posted by BP827 on November 13th, 2005
I can hear my PC running some program in the background.....this goes on for
more than an hour. How can I positively identify what it is and stop it?
Thanks, Brian
- Posted by Ted Zieglar on November 13th, 2005
Task Manager [ctrl+alt+del] - Processes tab. What process(es) occupy the most CPU time?
Ted Zieglar
"BP827" <BP827@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1A79493C-06E7-4720-8DD3-342211402590@microsoft.com...
>I can hear my PC running some program in the background.....this goes on for
> more than an hour. How can I positively identify what it is and stop it?
> Thanks, Brian
- Posted by Donny Broome on November 13th, 2005
Autoruns is a FREE program that will allow you to verify (and disable)
programs that automatically run when Windows starts. You can download it
here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
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"BP827" <BP827@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A79493C-06E7-4720-8DD3-342211402590@microsoft.com...
>I can hear my PC running some program in the background.....this goes on
>for
> more than an hour. How can I positively identify what it is and stop it?
> Thanks, Brian
- Posted by BP827 on November 13th, 2005
Thanks. I suppose I need to look at that when I hear the background program
running...because that program has stopped running and all cpu's are at zero.
Brian
"Ted Zieglar" wrote:
> Task Manager [ctrl+alt+del] - Processes tab. What process(es) occupy the most CPU time?
>
> Ted Zieglar
>
> "BP827" <BP827@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1A79493C-06E7-4720-8DD3-342211402590@microsoft.com...
> >I can hear my PC running some program in the background.....this goes on for
> > more than an hour. How can I positively identify what it is and stop it?
> > Thanks, Brian
>
- Posted by Ron Martell on November 14th, 2005
"BP827" <BP827@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Thanks. I suppose I need to look at that when I hear the background program
>running...because that program has stopped running and all cpu's are at zero.
>
>Brian
>
Click twice on the CPU column header to sort the list of processes in
descending order based on CPU usage. That will make it easier to spot
what it using the most CPU time.
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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