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  • Leon Slutzkin
    #1

    RAM USAGE

    Is there a diagnostic tool which I can use which will tell me what is
    running in the background that I don't need when my PC boots up? I seem to
    use a lot of RAM even when nothing is open.

    Also, I leave my PC on all the time. At regular intervals during the day &
    night my speakers make a double click noise followed by the Microsoft
    Exclamation sound. Has this anything to do with my Outlook e-mail account
    being set to automatic timed download? It seems that something is trying to
    run. In the task bar are Task Scheduler, ASUS enhanced functions, McAfee
    Viruschecker & Firewall, Messenger and Sony Phone Sync icons.


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    • Mike Preston
      #2
      Re: RAM USAGE

      On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:56:31 +0200, "Leon Slutzkin"
      <slutzkin@kings ley.co.za> wrote:
      [color=blue]
      >Is there a diagnostic tool which I can use which will tell me what is
      >running in the background that I don't need when my PC boots up? I seem to
      >use a lot of RAM even when nothing is open.
      >
      >Also, I leave my PC on all the time. At regular intervals during the day &
      >night my speakers make a double click noise followed by the Microsoft
      >Exclamation sound. Has this anything to do with my Outlook e-mail account
      >being set to automatic timed download? It seems that something is trying to
      >run. In the task bar are Task Scheduler, ASUS enhanced functions, McAfee
      >Viruschecker & Firewall, Messenger and Sony Phone Sync icons.[/color]

      You might have better luck with this in another newsgroup.

      mike

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        • lylefair
          #3
          Re: RAM USAGE

          TaskManager (right click on the TaskBar at the bottom of the screen),
          HiJackThis (search on Google), and Start-Run-Services.msc come to mind.
          These are !!!!POWERFUL BUT DANGEROUS!!!!

          My experience is that most computers have 3,728 unnecessary processes
          running, one might say secretly, or at least not the knowledge of their
          owners.
          Getting rid of these processes can be very difficult. Those that
          rewrite themselves to the one of the Run Keys in the Registry, and
          rename themselves come to mind.

          And if you can get rid of them, you come face to face with a bigger
          problem: Should you?

          A detailed discussion of this is beyond me and probably should occur in
          a Windows group.

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            • David W. Fenton
              #4
              Re: RAM USAGE

              "lylefair" <lylefair@yahoo .ca> wrote in
              news:1128000065 .131570.76910@g 47g2000cwa.goog legroups.com:
              [color=blue]
              > TaskManager (right click on the TaskBar at the bottom of the
              > screen), HiJackThis (search on Google), and Start-Run-Services.msc
              > come to mind. These are !!!!POWERFUL BUT DANGEROUS!!!![/color]

              I use Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com.
              [color=blue]
              > My experience is that most computers have 3,728 unnecessary
              > processes running, one might say secretly, or at least not the
              > knowledge of their owners.[/color]

              This is usually indicated by a system tray that is so full of icons
              that it extends halfway across the TaskBar.
              [color=blue]
              > Getting rid of these processes can be very difficult. Those that
              > rewrite themselves to the one of the Run Keys in the Registry, and
              > rename themselves come to mind.[/color]

              I have the Run key in my registry set to Read-Only for all users so
              that programs can't write to it. This is the only way I know to
              prevent things like RealPlayer from continually re-install
              themselves.
              [color=blue]
              > And if you can get rid of them, you come face to face with a
              > bigger problem: Should you?
              >
              > A detailed discussion of this is beyond me and probably should
              > occur in a Windows group.[/color]

              Yep, but it sure is a widespread problem.

              --
              David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
              dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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                • lylefair
                  #5
                  Re: RAM USAGE


                  David W. Fenton wrote:
                  [color=blue]
                  > I have the Run key in my registry set to Read-Only for all users so
                  > that programs can't write to it.[/color]

                  I didn't know this was possible. I will have to find out how; perhaps,
                  you will tell me (us).

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                    • Bri
                      #6
                      Re: RAM USAGE

                      lylefair wrote:[color=blue]
                      > David W. Fenton wrote:
                      >
                      >[color=green]
                      >>I have the Run key in my registry set to Read-Only for all users so
                      >>that programs can't write to it.[/color]
                      >
                      >
                      > I didn't know this was possible. I will have to find out how; perhaps,
                      > you will tell me (us).[/color]

                      In Regedit find the key:
                      HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Windows \CurrentVersion \Run
                      Right click on the Run Key and pick Permissions, Standard permissions
                      dialog appears.

                      Assumes: WinNT, Win2K, WinXP, while logged in as an admin level user

                      --
                      Bri

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                        • David W. Fenton
                          #7
                          Re: RAM USAGE

                          Bri <not@here.com > wrote in news:kld%e.8808 $oW2.5612@pd7tw 1no:
                          [color=blue]
                          > lylefair wrote:[color=green]
                          >> David W. Fenton wrote:
                          >>
                          >>[color=darkred]
                          >>>I have the Run key in my registry set to Read-Only for all users
                          >>>so that programs can't write to it.[/color]
                          >>
                          >>
                          >> I didn't know this was possible. I will have to find out how;
                          >> perhaps, you will tell me (us).[/color]
                          >
                          > In Regedit find the key:
                          > HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Windows \CurrentVersion \Run
                          > Right click on the Run Key and pick Permissions, Standard
                          > permissions dialog appears.
                          >
                          > Assumes: WinNT, Win2K, WinXP, while logged in as an admin level
                          > user[/color]

                          In WinNT or Win2K, you have to use Regedt32 instead of plain old
                          Regedit, which lacks NT ACLs control. In WinXP and Win2K3 Server,
                          there's a single Regedit with the ability to set permissions.

                          --
                          David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
                          dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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