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On Jan 29, 3:37 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:

How can I find out what program(s) are running "in the background" so to
speak?

Well!

I'd like to thank each and every one of the geeks that offered the answer
and suggestions.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

I just checked the task manager and right now there are only two programs
running ... Outlook Express and Firefox.
Next time it starts doing it's automatic restart nonsense, I'll check it
again and see what else is running.
It might be "Spyware Doctor" that automatically updates itself.

Thanks.

Eisboch




Do you leave OE running when you put the machine in standby? If so, do you
have OE set up to check for mail automatically?

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Jan 29, 3:37 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:

How can I find out what program(s) are running "in the background" so to
speak?

Well!

I'd like to thank each and every one of the geeks that offered the answer
and suggestions.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

I just checked the task manager and right now there are only two programs
running ... Outlook Express and Firefox.
Next time it starts doing it's automatic restart nonsense, I'll check it
again and see what else is running.
It might be "Spyware Doctor" that automatically updates itself.

Thanks.

Eisboch




Do you leave OE running when you put the machine in standby? If so, do you
have OE set up to check for mail automatically?

Usually I shut it and Firefox (if I was using it) down before I put the
computer in "standby". But, sometimes I forget. And yes, OE checks for
mail automatically.

Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Jan 29, 3:37 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:

How can I find out what program(s) are running "in the background" so
to
speak?

Well!

I'd like to thank each and every one of the geeks that offered the
answer and suggestions.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

I just checked the task manager and right now there are only two
programs running ... Outlook Express and Firefox.
Next time it starts doing it's automatic restart nonsense, I'll check it
again and see what else is running.
It might be "Spyware Doctor" that automatically updates itself.

Thanks.

Eisboch




Do you leave OE running when you put the machine in standby? If so, do
you have OE set up to check for mail automatically?

Usually I shut it and Firefox (if I was using it) down before I put the
computer in "standby". But, sometimes I forget. And yes, OE checks for
mail automatically.

Eisboch


Next: If I look at the Applications list in task manager, it does NOT show
my AV software or firewall. Your AV software may be checking for updates,
and thereby waking up the computer.

Unfortunately, the one program I *want* to wake up the computer doesn't do
so: winfax. There's no logic to these things.

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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:38:03 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I just checked the task manager and right now there are only two programs
running ... Outlook Express and Firefox.
Next time it starts doing it's automatic restart nonsense, I'll check it
again and see what else is running.
It might be "Spyware Doctor" that automatically updates itself.

Thanks.

Eisboch




There is a lot more than that running. I promise. Go back to task manager
and
click on the tab for PROCESSES. That is where all the "background" stuff
shows
up. Unfortunately for you, it may not be at all obvious what some of them
are
parts of. An example would be if you had Symantec Antivirus on the
computer,
there would be several processes associated with it. One would be called
RTVSCAN, which is the Real Time Virus Scan process. There might also be
one
called DLUPD (or something like that) for "Do Live Update"

The program tab only shows user apps that are running.


You're right. There's a bunch of stuff going on in that tab.

I think I will just leave things as they are. Overall, this computer works
fine and everytime I mess around I regret it, mainly because I don't have a
clue what I am doing when it comes to computers.

Thanks all for the suggestions.

Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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How can I find out what program(s) are running "in the background" so to
speak?
Reason I ask is that I routinely put this thing in "standby" mode when I
am not using it and it normally shuts down the display, hard drive and
cooling fans until I hit the "enter" key when I want to use it again and
then it springs back to life.

Every once in a while though, it shuts down normally to "standby", but
then starts up again by itself. The only way to stop this is to
completely go through a "turn off" cycle and then restart again. After
that, it's good for another week or so until it begins to start up by
itself again.

I suspect a program is running in the background, because when I do a
complete shutdown, I see a brief window indicating that something is
shutting down, before the computer goes through it's normal "shutting
windows down" cycle.

OS is Windows XP SP2.

Hope this question makes sense. I'd like to open something to see what is
running.

Eisboch





I have a pdf article from Tech Republic that lists XP services which can
safely be disabled. Want it emailed?

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On Jan 29, 6:27*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:38:03 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I just checked the task manager and right now there are only two programs
running ... Outlook Express and Firefox.
Next time it starts doing it's automatic restart nonsense, I'll check it
again and see what else is running.
It might be "Spyware Doctor" that automatically updates itself.

Thanks.

Eisboch

There is a lot more than that running. I promise. Go back to task manager
and
click on the tab for PROCESSES. That is where all the "background" stuff
shows
up. Unfortunately for you, it may not be at all obvious what some of them
are
parts of. An example would be if you had Symantec Antivirus on the
computer,
there would be several processes associated with it. One would be called
RTVSCAN, which is the Real Time Virus Scan process. There might also be
one
called DLUPD (or something like that) for "Do Live Update"

The program tab only shows user apps that are running.

You're right. *There's a bunch of stuff going on in that tab.

I think I will just leave things as they are. *Overall, this computer works
fine and everytime I mess around I regret it, mainly because I don't have a
clue what I am doing when it comes to computers.

Thanks all for the suggestions.

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

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I think once before I said good call to you on a similar subject..;)
so again, probably a good call.

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I have a pdf article from Tech Republic that lists XP services which can
safely be disabled. Want it emailed?


Appreciate the offer, but the less I know about computers the better off I
am. I try to keep things v-e-r-y simple because in the past when I thought
I was smart ... I wasn't.

I can go on for hours discussing ionized gas plasmas, thin films for optics,
index of refraction, cryopumping vacuum vessels, growth characteristics of
condensed water vapor, diamond-like film structures and sometimes messing
around with audio equipment. But, I can't spell commputter.

Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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I have a pdf article from Tech Republic that lists XP services which can
safely be disabled. Want it emailed?


Appreciate the offer, but the less I know about computers the better off I
am. I try to keep things v-e-r-y simple because in the past when I
thought I was smart ... I wasn't.

I can go on for hours discussing ionized gas plasmas, thin films for
optics, index of refraction, cryopumping vacuum vessels, growth
characteristics of condensed water vapor, diamond-like film structures and
sometimes messing around with audio equipment. But, I can't spell
commputter.

Eisboch



Let's talk about sputtered copper on polyimide for high argon pressure.

Or not.

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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:18:16 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I can go on for hours discussing ionized gas plasmas

I have this idea for a large bore plasma gun.

Want to invest? :)

I also have this idea about yactometer black holes for long range
artillery. You know - aim the barrell and there go the Rockies in a
flash of light.

I'll be finished with the super collider in the back yard for the
development work very soon - plenty of room on the ground floor for a
good invester. :)

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
How can I find out what program(s) are running "in the background" so to
speak?
Reason I ask is that I routinely put this thing in "standby" mode when I
am not using it and it normally shuts down the display, hard drive and
cooling fans until I hit the "enter" key when I want to use it again and
then it springs back to life.

Every once in a while though, it shuts down normally to "standby", but
then starts up again by itself. The only way to stop this is to
completely go through a "turn off" cycle and then restart again. After
that, it's good for another week or so until it begins to start up by
itself again.

I suspect a program is running in the background, because when I do a
complete shutdown, I see a brief window indicating that something is
shutting down, before the computer goes through it's normal "shutting
windows down" cycle.

OS is Windows XP SP2.

Hope this question makes sense. I'd like to open something to see what
is running.

Eisboch





I have a pdf article from Tech Republic that lists XP services which can
safely be disabled. Want it emailed?

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