After placing a disc in an external optical drive I clicked on iTunes and a
window from MusicMatch pops-up asking me to Register. How can can determine
which file is causing this pop-up winmdow to appear on my screen?

I am runnning Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1.2600 Service
Pack 2 Build 2600

KC

there are a couple
of ways.

but one way would
be to open your
task manager via
ctrl alt del keys.

then when the pop
up occurs, take
a look at the processes
listed.

you should have both
windows opened, e.g.
task mgr & the pop up
so you can switch between
them....

- db


"KCav" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message newsAEAD8A1-A812-4947-9EC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
After placing a disc in an external optical drive I clicked on iTunes and a
window from MusicMatch pops-up asking me to Register. How can can determine
which file is causing this pop-up winmdow to appear on my screen?

I am runnning Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1.2600 Service
Pack 2 Build 2600

KC

How about adjusting that font a tad?

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"db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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there are a couple
of ways.

but one way would
be to open your
task manager via
ctrl alt del keys.

then when the pop
up occurs, take
a look at the processes
listed.

you should have both
windows opened, e.g.
task mgr & the pop up
so you can switch between
them....

- db


"KCav" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsAEAD8A1-A812-4947-9EC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
After placing a disc in an external optical drive I clicked on iTunes and
a
window from MusicMatch pops-up asking me to Register. How can can
determine
which file is causing this pop-up winmdow to appear on my screen?

I am runnning Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1.2600 Service
Pack 2 Build 2600

KC

Thank you for your reply to my question.

I opened Task Mgr. and the pop-up simultaneously. The only processes with
CPU activity were svchost.exe, which used 2%, and Task Manager. When I
closed the pop-up this didn’t change. What do you make of this?

--
KC


"Dave B." wrote:

> How about adjusting that font a tad?
>
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> "db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uVO%(E-Mail Removed)...
> there are a couple
> of ways.
>
> but one way would
> be to open your
> task manager via
> ctrl alt del keys.
>
> then when the pop
> up occurs, take
> a look at the processes
> listed.
>
> you should have both
> windows opened, e.g.
> task mgr & the pop up
> so you can switch between
> them....
>
> - db
>
>
> "KCav" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsAEAD8A1-A812-4947-9EC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> After placing a disc in an external optical drive I clicked on iTunes and
> a
> window from MusicMatch pops-up asking me to Register. How can can
> determine
> which file is causing this pop-up winmdow to appear on my screen?
>
> I am runnning Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1.2600 Service
> Pack 2 Build 2600
>
> KC
>
>
>

KCav wrote:
> Thank you for your reply to my question.
>
> I opened Task Mgr. and the pop-up simultaneously. The only processes with
> CPU activity were svchost.exe, which used 2%, and Task Manager. When I
> closed the pop-up this didn’t change. What do you make of this?
>
It doesn't take much CPU power to display a pop-up window, and it goes
by pretty fast, so that you only saw two processes with CPU activity
really doesn't mean much.

Svchost runs processes from dll files. There may be, and usually are,
several svchost.exe processes active at once. If you're interested in
seeing what dlls are running in a svchost instance, see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056

It seems a bit odd that MusicMatch would appear when you click on
iTunes. More likely, mmtask.exe is running in the background. Is it
listed in Task Manager? If you don't want MusicMatch, why not just
uninstall it?



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Lem MS MVP -- Networking

To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

ok,

if there wasn't a
process noted in
the task manager indicating
a special process launched
for registering, then
the program you are launching
is encoded with a nag screen.

It is likely monitoring
the program for how many times
your running it and or monitoring
for the date and time to disable
the unregistered program eventually.

the issue you have doesn't
seem to be serious or uncommon
and it may be that you simply
have to make a choice of registering
or uninstalling that program.



- db

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"KCav" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:49276B44-ED07-46A1-BE68-(E-Mail Removed)...
Thank you for your reply to my question.

I opened Task Mgr. and the pop-up simultaneously. The only processes with
CPU activity were svchost.exe, which used 2%, and Task Manager. When I
closed the pop-up this didn’t change. What do you make of this?

--
KC


"Dave B." wrote:

> How about adjusting that font a tad?
>
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> "db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uVO%(E-Mail Removed)...
> there are a couple
> of ways.
>
> but one way would
> be to open your
> task manager via
> ctrl alt del keys.
>
> then when the pop
> up occurs, take
> a look at the processes
> listed.
>
> you should have both
> windows opened, e.g.
> task mgr & the pop up
> so you can switch between
> them....
>
> - db
>
>
> "KCav" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsAEAD8A1-A812-4947-9EC5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> After placing a disc in an external optical drive I clicked on iTunes and
> a
> window from MusicMatch pops-up asking me to Register. How can can
> determine
> which file is causing this pop-up winmdow to appear on my screen?
>
> I am runnning Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1.2600 Service
> Pack 2 Build 2600
>
> KC
>
>
>

On Mar 14, 4:10 am, KCav <K...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> After placing a disc in an external optical drive I clicked on iTunes and a
> window from MusicMatch pops-up asking me to Register. How can can determine
> which file is causing this pop-up winmdow to appear on my screen?
>
> I am runnning Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 5.1.2600 Service
> Pack 2 Build 2600
>
> KC

Use Filemon from www.sysinternals.com to watch which files call what.

Good Luck.
BarryG

"db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>there are a couple
>of ways.
>
>but one way would
>be to open your
>task manager via
>ctrl alt del keys.
>
>then when the pop
>up occurs, take
>a look at the processes
>listed.
>
>you should have both
>windows opened, e.g.
>task mgr & the pop up
>so you can switch between
>them....

Does your "reply window" limit the length of lines to what shows
above or do you?

I shut down MMTASK and the pop-up stopped. What does MMTASK do?
--
KC


"Lem" wrote:

> KCav wrote:
> > Thank you for your reply to my question.
> >
> > I opened Task Mgr. and the pop-up simultaneously. The only processes with
> > CPU activity were svchost.exe, which used 2%, and Task Manager. When I
> > closed the pop-up this didn’t change. What do you make of this?
> >
> It doesn't take much CPU power to display a pop-up window, and it goes
> by pretty fast, so that you only saw two processes with CPU activity
> really doesn't mean much.
>
> Svchost runs processes from dll files. There may be, and usually are,
> several svchost.exe processes active at once. If you're interested in
> seeing what dlls are running in a svchost instance, see
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056
>
> It seems a bit odd that MusicMatch would appear when you click on
> iTunes. More likely, mmtask.exe is running in the background. Is it
> listed in Task Manager? If you don't want MusicMatch, why not just
> uninstall it?
>
>
>
> --
> Lem MS MVP -- Networking
>
> To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
>

KCav <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I shut down MMTASK and the pop-up stopped. What does MMTASK do?


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