deleting tasks

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Peter Jordan

Hello:

I run Windows 2000, and have the following tasks running.
I would appreciate knowing, first, whether I can safely
get rid of them, and, second, how to do so:

ocrawr32.exe
ocraware.exe
winoldap.mod
wowexec.exe
pctspk.exe
MSTask.exe
tsircusr.exe
DirectCD.exe
ACMonitor_X83.exe (I am not currently using a Lexmark
printer)
AcBtnMgr_X83.exe
IPClient.exe (I am not currently using Verizon DSL)
IPMon32.exe
MotiveSB.exe (this may be Verizon spyware -- does anyone
know how to delete it?)
rsvp.exe (this apparently has something to do with
netmeeting, but I can't get rid of it).

At least one of the above tasks is apparently responsible
for the fact that my PC periodically comes to a near
standstill for maybe as much as a minute. My suspicion is
that it's sending stuff to someone. (I've run Ad-Aware,
by the way, but it still does this grinding to a halt).

Would appreciate any assistance.

Thanks,

Peter Jordan
 
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Peter Jordan

I have tried that -- the three tasks of which I'm most
suspicious are MotiveSB.exe, IPClient.exe, and
IPMon32.exe, but I don't know how to get rid of them. I
just found out from a previous post how to track them down
through Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative
Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software
Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced

But what do I do once I've found them out? Everybody says
to be *CAREFUL* about messing with registry settings. How
do I safely get rid of these things?
-----Original Message-----
Try searching them out here. http://www.google.com/

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Peter Jordan said:
Hello:

I run Windows 2000, and have the following tasks running.
I would appreciate knowing, first, whether I can safely
get rid of them, and, second, how to do so:

ocrawr32.exe
ocraware.exe
winoldap.mod
wowexec.exe
pctspk.exe
MSTask.exe
tsircusr.exe
DirectCD.exe
ACMonitor_X83.exe (I am not currently using a Lexmark
printer)
AcBtnMgr_X83.exe
IPClient.exe (I am not currently using Verizon DSL)
IPMon32.exe
MotiveSB.exe (this may be Verizon spyware -- does anyone
know how to delete it?)
rsvp.exe (this apparently has something to do with
netmeeting, but I can't get rid of it).

At least one of the above tasks is apparently responsible
for the fact that my PC periodically comes to a near
standstill for maybe as much as a minute. My suspicion is
that it's sending stuff to someone. (I've run Ad-Aware,
by the way, but it still does this grinding to a halt).

Would appreciate any assistance.

Thanks,

Peter Jordan
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Dave Patrick

Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.
 
P

Peter Jordan

Thanks -- please bear with me one more time. I'm not a CS
major. I have found the offending programs by following
the instructions below. But now that I know how to find
MotiveSB.exe (for example), how do I get rid of it? It
doesn't give me "delete" as an option when I rightclick it.
You say I can "delete the shortcuts that you no longer
want to run." How, specifically, do I *do* that? Where
do I go to "delete the string value for the program you no
longer want to run"? Are these alternatives, or do I take
*both* cryptic steps?

Thanks once more.

-----Original Message-----
Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced, then in the "Location" column, you'll find the path
to the "Startup" location either in the "Startup" directories or from the
registry's "Run" keys.

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can delete the shortcuts that you no longer want to run.


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can delete the string value for the program you no longer want to run.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Peter Jordan said:
I have tried that -- the three tasks of which I'm most
suspicious are MotiveSB.exe, IPClient.exe, and
IPMon32.exe, but I don't know how to get rid of them. I
just found out from a previous post how to track them down
through Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative
Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software
Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced

But what do I do once I've found them out? Everybody says
to be *CAREFUL* about messing with registry settings. How
do I safely get rid of these things?
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D

Dave Patrick

Can you post the string found in the "Location" column?

Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced
 
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Guest

Location information posted below

(Is there a way for me to have simply dragged across this
stuff and copied it? I wrote it to a text file, opened
Notepad, copied it, and pasted it below -- does Windows
allow anything simpler without a third party program like
Snag-It? I have the same question about the list of Tasks
that comes up in Task manager)

(Another question: What should I have searched for in
Win2K help to find the answer to my question about how to
get Windows to stop starting programs when it boots up?)

Location information follows:

System Information report written at: 12/01/2003 03:38:53
PM
[Startup Programs]

Program Command User Name Location
substitute substitute.bat PETERJORDAN\Administrator
Startup
H/PC Connection Agent "c:\program files\microsoft
activesync\wcescomm.exe" PETERJORDAN\Administrator
HKU\S-1-5-21-1292428093-1343024091-1060284298-500
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Load[0] c:\oplimit\ocraware.exe
PETERJORDAN\Administrator *HKU\S-1-5-21-
1292428093-1343024091-1060284298-500
\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\Windows
Microsoft Office c:\progra~1\micros~2
\office\osa9.exe -b -l All Users Common Startup
Synchronization Manager mobsync.exe /logon All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
C-Media Mixer c:\program files\pci audio
applications\mixer.exe /startup All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
CountrySelection pctptt.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
LapLink Scheduler "c:\program files\common
files\laplink\scheduler\llsched.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NAV Agent c:\progra~1\norton~1\norton~1\navapw32.exe
All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SymTray - Norton SystemWorks c:\program files\common
files\symantec shared\symtray.exe setreg All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
bbSysTray c:\program files\philips\external
drive\blue button\bbsystray.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
AdaptecDirectCD "c:\program files\adaptec\easy cd creator 5
\directcd\directcd.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Lexmark X83 Button Monitor c:\progra~1\lexmar~1
\acmonitor_x83.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Lexmark X83 Button Manager c:\progra~1\lexmar~1
\acbtnmgr_x83.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PrinTray c:\winnt\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3
\printray.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
IPInSightLAN 01 "c:\program files\bellsouth\connection
tool\ipclient.exe" -l All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
IPInSightMonitor 01 "c:\program
files\bellsouth\connection tool\ipmon32.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
QuickTime Task "c:\program files\quicktime\qttask.exe" -
atboottime All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Motive SmartBridge c:\progra~1\verizo~1\suppor~1
\smartb~1\motivesb.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Load[0] c:\oplimit\ocraware.exe All Users
win.ini




-----Original Message-----
Can you post the string found in the "Location" column?

Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Peter Jordan said:
Thanks -- please bear with me one more time. I'm not a CS
major. I have found the offending programs by following
the instructions below. But now that I know how to find
MotiveSB.exe (for example), how do I get rid of it? It
doesn't give me "delete" as an option when I rightclick it.
You say I can "delete the shortcuts that you no longer
want to run." How, specifically, do I *do* that? Where
do I go to "delete the string value for the program you no
longer want to run"? Are these alternatives, or do I take
*both* cryptic steps?

Thanks once more.
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D

Dave Patrick

Run regedit.exe, navigate to;
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and delete the string value;
"Motive SmartBridge"="c:\progra~1\verizo~1\suppor~1\smartb~1\motivesb.exe"

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Location information posted below

(Is there a way for me to have simply dragged across this
stuff and copied it? I wrote it to a text file, opened
Notepad, copied it, and pasted it below -- does Windows
allow anything simpler without a third party program like
Snag-It? I have the same question about the list of Tasks
that comes up in Task manager)

(Another question: What should I have searched for in
Win2K help to find the answer to my question about how to
get Windows to stop starting programs when it boots up?)

Location information follows:

System Information report written at: 12/01/2003 03:38:53
PM
[Startup Programs]

Program Command User Name Location
substitute substitute.bat PETERJORDAN\Administrator
Startup
H/PC Connection Agent "c:\program files\microsoft
activesync\wcescomm.exe" PETERJORDAN\Administrator
HKU\S-1-5-21-1292428093-1343024091-1060284298-500
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Load[0] c:\oplimit\ocraware.exe
PETERJORDAN\Administrator *HKU\S-1-5-21-
1292428093-1343024091-1060284298-500
\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\Windows
Microsoft Office c:\progra~1\micros~2
\office\osa9.exe -b -l All Users Common Startup
Synchronization Manager mobsync.exe /logon All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
C-Media Mixer c:\program files\pci audio
applications\mixer.exe /startup All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
CountrySelection pctptt.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
LapLink Scheduler "c:\program files\common
files\laplink\scheduler\llsched.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
NAV Agent c:\progra~1\norton~1\norton~1\navapw32.exe
All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
SymTray - Norton SystemWorks c:\program files\common
files\symantec shared\symtray.exe setreg All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
bbSysTray c:\program files\philips\external
drive\blue button\bbsystray.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
AdaptecDirectCD "c:\program files\adaptec\easy cd creator 5
\directcd\directcd.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Lexmark X83 Button Monitor c:\progra~1\lexmar~1
\acmonitor_x83.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Lexmark X83 Button Manager c:\progra~1\lexmar~1
\acbtnmgr_x83.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
PrinTray c:\winnt\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3
\printray.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
IPInSightLAN 01 "c:\program files\bellsouth\connection
tool\ipclient.exe" -l All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
IPInSightMonitor 01 "c:\program
files\bellsouth\connection tool\ipmon32.exe" All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
QuickTime Task "c:\program files\quicktime\qttask.exe" -
atboottime All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Motive SmartBridge c:\progra~1\verizo~1\suppor~1
\smartb~1\motivesb.exe All Users
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Load[0] c:\oplimit\ocraware.exe All Users
win.ini




-----Original Message-----
Can you post the string found in the "Location" column?

Start\Settings\Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer
Management(Local)\System Information\Software Environment\Startup
Programs|View|Advanced

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

Peter Jordan said:
Thanks -- please bear with me one more time. I'm not a CS
major. I have found the offending programs by following
the instructions below. But now that I know how to find
MotiveSB.exe (for example), how do I get rid of it? It
doesn't give me "delete" as an option when I rightclick it.
You say I can "delete the shortcuts that you no longer
want to run." How, specifically, do I *do* that? Where
do I go to "delete the string value for the program you no
longer want to run"? Are these alternatives, or do I take
*both* cryptic steps?

Thanks once more.
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