A third party is often a company that provides an auxiliary product not
supplied by the primary manufacturer to the end user. A second-party
developer is a developer who, while being a separate entity from any
manufacturer, is tied to a specific one usually through contract or partial
ownership and makes products specifically for that manufacturer.
Tom
| So who's the "second party"?
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| Ted Zieglar
| "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
|
| DatabaseBen wrote:
| > first party refers to "microsoft" the maker of "windows o.s."
| >
| > third party refers to companies not related to the first party
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | >> What is the definition of a "first party" driver? And what are "second
| >> party" and "third party" drivers?
| >>
| >> ---
| >> Ted Zieglar
| >> "Backup is a computer user's best friend."
| >>
| >> DatabaseBen wrote:
| >>> ok,
| >>>
| >>> in safe mode only first party drivers are loaded
| >>> while in normal mode first, second and third party drivers are all
| >>> loaded.
| >>>
| >>> try going to sysinternals.com and download autoruns
| >>> this will reveal all the drivers loaded and give you
| >>> the opportunity to remove them.
| >>>
| >>> it will divide the processes into tabs.
| >>> then review each line item and uncheck the ones
| >>> that is not needed or shouldn't be required by your system.
| >>> then double click the filename and the registry will open and
| >>> show you the modifications. If you change your mind later
| >>> you can recheck the disabled item.
| >>>
| >>> But it would be my
| >>> guess that any process that interferes with your system,
| >>> shouldn't be required to automaticatlly run without your help
| >>> or knowledge.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> | >>>> In Safe mode it shuts down very quickly.
| >>>>
| >>>> Should I try uninstalling 1 application after another and see each
time
| >>>> whether that makes the shutdown quick?
| >>>>
| >>>>
message
| >>>> | >>>>> basically, it didn't take forever to shutdown.
| >>>>> simply putting it, the system didn't shutdown.
| >>>>>
| >>>>>
| >>>>> likely an issue with hardware....
| >>>>> try testing the theory via safemode..
| >>>>>
| >>>>> | >>>>>> I have gotten a new 4400+ HP computer, dual core, with WindowsXP.
SP#2
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> It takes sometimes forever (last night I went to bed and in the
| >>>>>> morning it still had not shut down)
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> I have run 3 different programs (Ad-aware, Spybot search and
destroy
| >>>>>> and Adware away) plus an AV program NOD32. None find a problem.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> I have also run a defrag with Diskkeeper 10 two days ago, ( it is
| >>>>>> also set to defrag in the background) but it still has this big
| >>>>>> problem with shutdown.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> My 2.8Ghz computer shuts down almost immediately by comparison,
| >>>>>> running the same Windows XP, SP #2 and many more programs.
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>> What are your ideas here ?
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>>
| >>>>>>
| >
