Windows XP Machine Question

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Ken

When booting my XP machine in Safemode only 15 executable
programs are running in task manager and the PC works
just fine. If I perform a normal boot up 46 executable
programs end up running, I think a couple of them come
and go and I think one of these programs is causing my
CPU to use 99 % of its resources and slow my PC to a
snail's pace.

Does XP have the ability to capture a history of the
executable programs that have run, so that I can print
out the history and begin to determine which executable
program is causing the problem?
 
You go to Start > Run > msconfig > Startup and selectively uncheck programs
in the list. Eventaully you will find the problem child.
 
When booting my XP machine in Safemode only 15 executable
programs are running in task manager and the PC works
just fine. If I perform a normal boot up 46 executable
programs end up running, I think a couple of them come
and go and I think one of these programs is causing my
CPU to use 99 % of its resources and slow my PC to a
snail's pace.

Does XP have the ability to capture a history of the
executable programs that have run, so that I can print
out the history and begin to determine which executable
program is causing the problem?
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Ken,

XP provides Task Manager, which shows you a snapshot of system activity, and not
a lot of detail in that about each task running.

Get Process Explorer (free) from
<http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml>. Provides way more
information than Task Manager, including a historical record of CPU and memory
utilisation by selected tasks.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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