FREE MEM HELP

[Don]

Hi,

I purchased an HP laptop two months ago. My dvds played just find. Now my
dvds and mouse curser sticks. I opened up task manager and found the
following:

taskmgr.exe
msimn.exe
IXPLORE.EXE
hposts08.exe
hpotdd01.exe
hpobnz08.exe
msmgs.exe
ccApp.exe
SynTpenh.exe
SynTplpr.exe
atipatxx.exe
carpserv.exe
explorer.exe
ccEvtMgr.exe
spoolsv.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
ati2evxx.exe
lsass.exe
services.exe
winlogon.exe
csrss.exe
smss.exe
HPConfig.exe
CDAC11B.exe
alg.exe
hpoevm08.exe
System
System Idle Process.

The above is all under Process. When I close a few of them my dvd played
with no hangups. Can anybody tell me which files should be running in a
normal basic idle? I am sure many of these files do not need to be
displayed. I am trying not to always open windows in Safe Mode

Don

 

[Patrick]

Hi,

I purchased an HP laptop two months ago. My dvds played just find.
Now my dvds and mouse curser sticks. I opened up task manager and
found the following:

taskmgr.exe
msimn.exe
IXPLORE.EXE
hposts08.exe
hpotdd01.exe
hpobnz08.exe
msmgs.exe
ccApp.exe
SynTpenh.exe
SynTplpr.exe
atipatxx.exe
carpserv.exe
explorer.exe
ccEvtMgr.exe
spoolsv.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
svchost.exe
ati2evxx.exe
lsass.exe
services.exe
winlogon.exe
csrss.exe
smss.exe
HPConfig.exe
CDAC11B.exe
alg.exe
hpoevm08.exe
System
System Idle Process.

The above is all under Process. When I close a few of them my dvd
played with no hangups. Can anybody tell me which files should be
running in a normal basic idle? I am sure many of these files do not
need to be displayed. I am trying not to always open windows in Safe
Mode

Don

For starters; "IXPLORE.EXE" appears to be a virus/trojan, see;

Sophos AV
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojsdbotcy.html

As above but Google cache highlighting term; "IXPLORE.EXE"
http://tinyurl.com/2f4n6


Sorry to give bad news but suggest you update and run, any AV (AntiVurus)
program that you have.
Alternately/and goto to below link and run free online AV-scan.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

You might also want to download, update and run these free programs to deal
with 'adware' and 'spyware';
'Ad-Aware' which can be downloaded from;
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Also, 'Spybot Search & Destroy' from;
http://www.safer-networking.org/

 

[roger]

Hi Don,

You can identify the programs that load at start up in this list,
check what they do and whether you can disable them safely:

www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.php

Alos here, programs that load at startup
http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/

Good luck