what is tfswctrl.exe?

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Tom Seeley

I'm running Win XP home, MSIE 6.0, Outlook Express 6.0.
Norton System Works 2004, including Antivirus and
Internet Security (my firewall). I've disabled the XP
firewall in favor of the Norton one, for other reasons,
and I'm not willing to reverse that decision if I don't
have to.

Occasionally (often enough that it &())(*& me off!) after
I've minimized OE, and then try to open and run MSIE, it
won't open. The whole machine locks up completely. [I
thought XP wasn't supposed to do that any more!] The
only way to undo it is to use the power button! Ctrl-Alt-
Del and closing individual tasks that aren't running,
and/or clicking on Shut Down does not do the job.

Every time this happens, I get a message/error window
saying a program called tfswctrl.exe isn't responding.
It offers to let me click "close now" but if I do, that
also has zero effect! [Back to the power button...]

This is becoming a royal PITA.

Can anyone tell me what that program is? Why am I having
this trouble?
 
Thx. That link helps a lot. But as usual, it also raises
other questions. Perhaps you won't mind a followup.

The link refers specifically to HP's DLA software. All
well and good, except I don't have an HP CD/RW. I have a
Dell, which came with Sonic DLA preinstalled. Since I
didn't know what tfswctrl was, I didn't mention that when
the problem I encounter occurs, I also get a message
window during the attempt to shut down that says it's
from Sonic DLA and "please wait while your media is being
updated" or words to that effect. This always happens in
the scenario I describe and I've never used any software
to write anything to CDs.

That having been said, I did have an HP CD/RW in my old
machine, along with its software. I do not remember
specifically moving any of those files to the new machine
but I certainly might have.

Long winded; here's the question. What if I decide I
don't want/need Sonic at all. What if I decide to buy
something like Roxio EasyCD Creator, which I used to have
on the old machine. Could I blow out Sonic entirely and
would that solve my "not responding" problem [sorry;
that's two questions!]?
-----Original Message-----
Hi Tom,

Have a look here:
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_t. htm
Scroll down a bit to locate the entry for Tfswctrl



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Tom Seeley said:
I'm running Win XP home, MSIE 6.0, Outlook Express 6.0.
Norton System Works 2004, including Antivirus and
Internet Security (my firewall). I've disabled the XP
firewall in favor of the Norton one, for other reasons,
and I'm not willing to reverse that decision if I don't
have to.

Occasionally (often enough that it &())(*& me off!) after
I've minimized OE, and then try to open and run MSIE, it
won't open. The whole machine locks up completely. [I
thought XP wasn't supposed to do that any more!] The
only way to undo it is to use the power button! Ctrl- Alt-
Del and closing individual tasks that aren't running,
and/or clicking on Shut Down does not do the job.

Every time this happens, I get a message/error window
saying a program called tfswctrl.exe isn't responding.
It offers to let me click "close now" but if I do, that
also has zero effect! [Back to the power button...]

This is becoming a royal PITA.

Can anyone tell me what that program is? Why am I having
this trouble?
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You're welcome.

See if there is an entry for SonicDLA under the startup tab in msconfig. If
so, click in the checkbox beside it to uncheck it, then click on Apply then
OK. Restart your computer, and see if, after using the computer for a while
(the amount of time you've been on it when you've received the lockups in
the past), the lockups and error message "tfswctrl.exe isn't responding" no
longer occur. If that fixes the problem, then I'd seriously consider
obtaining other CD writing software.



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Thx. That link helps a lot. But as usual, it also raises
other questions. Perhaps you won't mind a followup.

The link refers specifically to HP's DLA software. All
well and good, except I don't have an HP CD/RW. I have a
Dell, which came with Sonic DLA preinstalled. Since I
didn't know what tfswctrl was, I didn't mention that when
the problem I encounter occurs, I also get a message
window during the attempt to shut down that says it's
from Sonic DLA and "please wait while your media is being
updated" or words to that effect. This always happens in
the scenario I describe and I've never used any software
to write anything to CDs.

That having been said, I did have an HP CD/RW in my old
machine, along with its software. I do not remember
specifically moving any of those files to the new machine
but I certainly might have.

Long winded; here's the question. What if I decide I
don't want/need Sonic at all. What if I decide to buy
something like Roxio EasyCD Creator, which I used to have
on the old machine. Could I blow out Sonic entirely and
would that solve my "not responding" problem [sorry;
that's two questions!]?
-----Original Message-----
Hi Tom,

Have a look here:
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_t. htm
Scroll down a bit to locate the entry for Tfswctrl



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Tom Seeley said:
I'm running Win XP home, MSIE 6.0, Outlook Express 6.0.
Norton System Works 2004, including Antivirus and
Internet Security (my firewall). I've disabled the XP
firewall in favor of the Norton one, for other reasons,
and I'm not willing to reverse that decision if I don't
have to.

Occasionally (often enough that it &())(*& me off!) after
I've minimized OE, and then try to open and run MSIE, it
won't open. The whole machine locks up completely. [I
thought XP wasn't supposed to do that any more!] The
only way to undo it is to use the power button! Ctrl- Alt-
Del and closing individual tasks that aren't running,
and/or clicking on Shut Down does not do the job.

Every time this happens, I get a message/error window
saying a program called tfswctrl.exe isn't responding.
It offers to let me click "close now" but if I do, that
also has zero effect! [Back to the power button...]

This is becoming a royal PITA.

Can anyone tell me what that program is? Why am I having
this trouble?
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I have Sonic software installed, I have had RecordNow from Stomp installed as well as RecordNow from HP. The file is used by those programs, it (not responding) doesn't happen that often that it is a nuisance. In fact I haven't seen it for the last 6 months.

The brand of burner makes no difference to the mastering software. Sonic is very easy to use as is the DLA (packet writing) purtion of the program.

--
Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
________in response to________
| Thx. That link helps a lot. But as usual, it also raises
| other questions. Perhaps you won't mind a followup.
|
| The link refers specifically to HP's DLA software. All
| well and good, except I don't have an HP CD/RW. I have a
| Dell, which came with Sonic DLA preinstalled. Since I
| didn't know what tfswctrl was, I didn't mention that when
| the problem I encounter occurs, I also get a message
| window during the attempt to shut down that says it's
| from Sonic DLA and "please wait while your media is being
| updated" or words to that effect. This always happens in
| the scenario I describe and I've never used any software
| to write anything to CDs.
|
| That having been said, I did have an HP CD/RW in my old
| machine, along with its software. I do not remember
| specifically moving any of those files to the new machine
| but I certainly might have.
|
| Long winded; here's the question. What if I decide I
| don't want/need Sonic at all. What if I decide to buy
| something like Roxio EasyCD Creator, which I used to have
| on the old machine. Could I blow out Sonic entirely and
| would that solve my "not responding" problem [sorry;
| that's two questions!]?
 
Tom said:
Every time this happens, I get a message/error window
saying a program called tfswctrl.exe isn't responding.
It offers to let me click "close now" but if I do, that
also has zero effect!
Click to expand...

That is the 'works' of the DLA 'packet writing' CD-RW package.
Personally I would keep that and chuck Norton out in favor of something
less intrusive - that is up to you
 
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