Cthelper CTHelper.exe
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[[(Creative Labs) CTHELPER is a background task that is a plug-in manager
for Creative drivers. It first appeared with Creative’s SoundBlaster Live
and Audigy soundcards. The theory is that 3rd party manufacturers can use
the CTHELPER plug-in interface to produce drivers, add-on features, and
fixes that will integrate with a tighter fit with Creative’s sound drivers
and utilities. One of the very first uses of this interface has been for
InterVideo’s WinDVD in the shape of a fix called "WinDVDPatch" and, at the
time of writing 12-Jan-2003, there have not been other uses for it yet.
Recommendation :
Given its purpose CTHELPER would normally be classified as a "leave alone"
background task. Unfortunately, as with many other Creative background
tasks in these pages, there are often problems with CTHELPER. The most
common complaint is random excess CPU utilization, up to 100% ! We have
also had complaints of PCs freezing when CTHELPER is around, although that
is probably also 100% CPU utilization. Additionally, on PCs running Intel’s
Pentium 4 Hyper-Threading CPUs, the sound stutters. In short : CTHELPER is
far more trouble than it is a help.]]
Find CTHELPER.EXE in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and delete the reference to CTHELPER.EXE.
