Running program in the background

[Guest]

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

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Task Manager [ctrl+alt+del] - Processes tab. What process(es) occupy the most CPU time?

Ted Zieglar

 

[Donny Broome]

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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[Guest]

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

Task Manager [ctrl+alt+del] - Processes tab. What process(es) occupy the most CPU time?

Ted Zieglar

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

 

[Ron Martell]

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