WTF is it that runs in the background on my computer

Oeditpus Rex

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:04 AM
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WTF is it that runs in the background on my computer

and slows it down every Wednesday night starting at 10 p.m. for about 20 minutes? :wtf:

OS is Windows XP Home, if anybody's got a clue. :shrug:

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enigmatic

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:10 AM
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1. is it cleaning it's cache?

Do you have a HDD clean-up program that runs once a week? That might be it...

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Oeditpus Rex

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:17 AM
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8. I dunno

It just runs. Doesn't say what it is. :shrug:

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Duer 157099

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:11 AM
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2. Look in your Task Manager (ctrl-alt-del)

Anti-virus scan? Or spyware scan?

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Oeditpus Rex

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:16 AM
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6. Doesn't show anything running

that I'm not aware of. :shrug:

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LSK

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:59 AM
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16. click the processes tab

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auntAgonist

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:12 AM
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3. could it be your anti-virus programmed to run ?

Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 01:12 AM by auntAgonist

or is your OP system checking for updates?

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Floogeldy

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:14 AM
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4. I'd tell you . . .

. . . But then Bill Gates would have to KILL ME.

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amitten

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:15 AM
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5. He already has, Floogeldy.

He already has.

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Floogeldy

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:20 AM
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9. Oh yea?

Have you seen Gates on TV lately?

Who do you think replaced him with a robot? :hi:

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amitten

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:21 AM
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10. That was YOU?!?

Will you never cease to amaze me?

PS-Please give him better hair.

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Kutjara

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:17 AM
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7. Could be a number of things.

Antivirus, system cleanup, automatic updates, disk defrag. Check your system scheduler to see what's set to run at that time.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:22 AM
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12. Did that

Nothin'. :shrug:

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Kutjara

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:29 AM
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14. Check the processes tab in Task Monitor...

...when the machine slows down. Check what process is sucking up all your CPU cycles.

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Cobalt-60

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:21 AM
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11. start with the task monitor

that's the old three fingered salute control + alt + delete.
If the inturder is obvious, click upon it and "end task".
Even if you couldn't find it got to tucows.com or download.com.
get yourself a copy of Spybot search and Destroy and one of Ad Aware.
they're both free!
Install and run them both. Fix any problems they find, then re connect to the internet.
Download updates for both programs and run them both again.

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reyd reid reed

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:25 AM
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13. That, darlin'

is because it's the hamster's bath night. You really should at least hibernate for those few minutes so they can have their privacy.

:P

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Squeegee

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Thu Mar-01-07 01:43 AM
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15. Maybe your machine has been infected with a virus

... and turned into a mail-bot. At night, it could be sending out spam e-mails.

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Duer 157099

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Thu Mar-01-07 02:49 AM
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17. Here are a couple of handy free tools to try

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/processmonitor.mspx

(yeah, I know it says microsoft, but that's because M$ recently acquired System Internals. Some pretty cool utility programs for keeping an eye on things behind the curtain.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Thu Mar-01-07 04:20 AM
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18. Cool!

Thangya. :hi:

I usually don't pay attention to that stuff.

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