msimn.exe = Outlook Express. You can only run one copy of Outlook
Express so, subject to what I say below, I do not understand how you
have more than one msimn.exe process showing at any given time. Is
Outlook Express otherwise working as it should?
One feature of Outlook Express is automatic compacting. This is
triggerred when you close Outlook for the hundredth time. Compacting
will take some time, and uses a lot of processing capacity. It should
not be stopped as you run a severe risk of corrupting your folders
with the consequential loss of messages. The best way round this
problem is to initiate compacting before you have opened and closed
Outlook Express 100 times. To compact in Outlook Express place the
cursor on Local Folders in the Folder List and select File, Work
Offline followed by File, Folder, Compact All. This process can take
some to complete.
msmgs.exe = Messenger. This can be problematic. What particular
variant is on your machine and what version? Do you have more than one
variant installed? I have Windows Messenger and only one process
appears. MSN Messenger is another variant.
As your other reply suggests Process Explorer is a more useful tool
than Task Manager. One of the column options in Process Explorer is
the command line which can be useful to know and another in your case
is Start time.
With Messenger a default will prompt the placing of an entry to start
the programme at start up. Quite annoying if you do not wish to use
Messenger. Unfortunately Messenger is required for some system
processes so removal is not recommended. However, check the command
lines and start times.
Outlook Express in my case is invariably started by me so the start
time will be when I did so. You could set the programme to start at
start up but this is not a default. Within Outlook Express if you look
in Tools, Options, General there are two Send & Receive options, which
if checked, might come into play. What do you have checked there?
For further information about Process Explorer see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/ProcessExplorer.mspx
To ascertain which service is causing the problem select the process
producing the high CPU usage, right click, select Properties,
Services. Note there are the full names and some explanation of what
each service does.
You should not assume that just because a process throws up an
identifiable name that it is not associated with the cause of the
problem. Many applications use svchost,exe and another commonly used
is explorer.exe. Amongst those users you can find an uninvited guest.
The problem is not the process but who is pulling the strings.
There are some system processes that will run at quiet times. Try
setting the Indexing Service start-up type to manual and see if it
makes a difference. Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools,
Services, double click Indexing Service, select Option required click
on Apply and OK. The new setting will be applied the next time you
reboot. The Indexing Service shows up as Content Index service in
Process Explorer. Another background is optimisation of files but I do
not have information on that topic to hand.
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Hope this helps.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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