Mike
Tue Jun 29 18:35:16 CDT 2004
It would appear that you have a parasite, or maybe more, installed on your PC.
wupdater.exe is part of the KeenValue parasite details of which can be found
at
http://www.safersite.com/pestinfo/k/keenvalue.asp
Once you cleaned up the mess that KeenValue has created you might want to
download yourself a copy of the free Ad-Aware 6.0 from Lavasoft
(
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also SpyBot
(
http://www.safer-networking.org/) and scan your system for and remove all
unwanted parasites, adware and spyware that might be hiding on your PC. The
likelihood is that you will find you also have other unwanted spyware and
adware that has been installed "behind your back". See also
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm for much more about dealing with
unwanted spyware and commercial parasites.
Moving on to your query about startup items, a good place to look to for
advice as to which programs need to be run at startup and those that can be
safely disabled, is Pacman's site where he lists what should definitely be
retained and which can be safely removed from the startup axis
(
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm). Reducing such applications
and only starting them when required can free up significant resources. Not
though that before disabling any application that you make yourself fully
aware of its purpose and understand what the consequences might be, if any, of
disabling it at start up.
--?
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mcmaltby@hotmail.com
Camslp <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> How do I know which programs are unnecessary? There is a
> long list of programs listed when I cntl-alt-delete
> because my system keeps freezing. Is there an info sitr
> that tells me what all these things are for?What is
> wupdater...that is the one that keeps "not responding"