"Either a valid program on some ASUS laptops - such as the F3 and F5 series or unsafe according to PREVX and InCode Solutions. Can any ASUS owners with this file confirm? File is located in %Windir%"
"Either a valid program on some ASUS laptops - such as the F3 and F5 series or unsafe according to PREVX and InCode Solutions. Can any ASUS owners with this file confirm? File is located in %Windir%"
"GamerOSD by ASUSTek - for ""real-time overclocking benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game."" Free for ASUS graphics cards 30-day trial for non-ASUS graphics cards"
"AT&T Resolution Assistant. ""matcli.exe is a motive Assistant Command line interface that gathers information about your system's identity like your name email address city state etc and gets written to a log file"". Resolution Assistant is required to run with the Help and Support program. If you uncheck Resolution Assistant and and then run Help and Support it will add another Resolution Assistant in the startup menu. If you remove the Resolution Assistant in the add/remove program some help menus in help and support will not be available. You decide"
"System Tray access to ATI's Catalyst™ CONTROL CENTER. Note that this has ""SystemTray"" appended to CLI.exe in the ""Command"" column of MSCONFIG. Not required to run the control center - which is available via a right-click on the desktop"
Program that checks the motherboard chipset and determines which GART driver bundle to install on ATI video cards. If you have one once installed it shouldn't be needed
Convenient way to start all your Multimedia Center applications (DVD Video CD CD Audio File Player). You can right-click LaunchPad and uncheck Load on Startup in the menu
Component that remains resident in memory and automatically launches the ATI VIDEO PLAYER at a user selected time and date. Delete the shortcut in the Start -> Programs -> Startup folder as well. Functions could re-enable the program to load at start-up and re-introduce the shortcut. Try it and see
System Tray access and key-combo shortcuts to common display functions on ATI video cards. Can be run from Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display
System Tray access and key-combo shortcuts to common display functions on ATI video cards. Can be run from Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display
"ATI's Catalyst™ CONTROL CENTER. Required if you want to change graphics settings on a regular basis but you must have internet access and Microsoft's .NET framework installed. Note that this has ""runtime"" appended to cli.exe in the ""Command"" column of MSCONFIG. Recommend that start the program manually via Start → Programs → ATI Catalyst Control Center → Advanced → Restart Runtime as it can cause problems when starting Windows"
Program that checks the motherboard chipset and determines which GART driver bundle to install on ATI video cards. If you have one once installed it shouldn't be needed
System Tray access and key-combo shortcuts to common display functions on ATI video cards. Can be run from Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display
System Tray access and key-combo shortcuts to common display functions on ATI video cards. Can be run from Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display
ATI Technologies Control Centre - installed alongside ATI graphics hardware and provides additional configuration options for these devices in the Managed Access to Catalyst™ Environment (MACE) component
ATI External Event Utility EXE Module. This task can comsume lots of CPU resources on some computers but it can help with graphics card problems. Leave enabled unless it consumes too many CPU resources
ATI External Event Utility EXE Module. This task can comsume lots of CPU resources on some computers but it can help with graphics card problems. Leave enabled unless it consumes too many CPU resources
Control panel for the ATI series of video cards allowing access to such features as display resolution colour depth etc. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display. Some users may need it if they have optimised their settings
Control panel for the ATI series of video cards allowing access to such features as display resolution colour depth etc. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display. Some users may need it if they have optimised their settings
Control panel for the ATI series of video cards allowing access to such features as display resolution colour depth etc. Available via Start → Settings → Control Panel → Display. Some users may need it if they have optimised their settings
Control panel for the ATI series of video cards allowing access to such features as display resolution colour depth etc. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display. Some users may need it if they have optimised their settings
Control panel for the ATI series of video cards allowing access to such features as display resolution colour depth etc. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display. Some users may need it if they have optimised their settings
Control panel for the ATI series of video cards allowing access to such features as display resolution colour depth etc. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display. Some users may need it if they have optimised their settings
Control panel for the ATI series of video cards allowing access to such features as display resolution colour depth etc. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Display. Some users may need it if they have optimised their settings
"ATI's ""SMARTGART"" which is included with the Catalyst™ drivers. When the system boots it runs a couple of bus tests & tries to apply the most stable settings"
"WinSpy surveillance software. Uninstall this software unless you put it there yourself. Note - this is not the same file as the csrss.exe process which is always located in %System% and should not normally figure in Msconfig/Startup! This one is located in a ""ComRoot"" subfolder"
"Atomica runs from the System Tray and allows the user to find out more about a word or phrase on any screen by pointing at it with the mouse and clicking button one while holding down the Alt key"
New feature of Norton Internet Security (NIS) and Norton Personal Firewall (NPF) 3.0 is the Alert Tracker an instant notification feature. The Alert Tracker displays information about events as they happen. This way when a rule has been triggered or an access to the Internet made you know about it immediately rather than finding out about it when you check your logs or notice that the NIS icon indicates a security alert
Additional item added to start-ups after AT&T took over the now bankrupt Excite@home high-speed internet service. Included for automatically downloading and installing updates. Leave it unless you plan to regularly run it to check for updates
"Au Agent from Zilab Software. Win2K/NT enhancement tool. Allows you to run applications under any security context without closing the whole logon session to process a new logon"
"Related to Creative DLL Module Loader for the Sound Blaster X-Fi (and maybe others). This program is non-essential process to the running of the system but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C45 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C48 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C48 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C60 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C62 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C64 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C82 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C84 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus C87 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX3200 printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX3600 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX3800 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX4200 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX4500 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX5000 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX5400 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX6000 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX6400 printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX6600 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX6600 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX7400 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX7800 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus CX9400Fax Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus D78 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus D88 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus DX3800 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus DX4800 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus DX6000 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus Photo 820 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus Photo R1800 printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus Photo R200 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus Photo R200 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus Photo R220 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus Photo R2400 printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
"Epson Status Monitor 3 for the Stylus Photo R260 Series printer - for monitoring printer status checking ink levels etc. ""X"" represents the computer's network name ie PAULS-PC PETES-LAPTOP etc"
DISCLAIMER: It is assumed that users are familiar with the operating
system they are using and comfortable with making the suggested changes. I will
not be held responsible if changes you make cause a system failure.
This is NOT a list of tasks/processes taken from Task Manager
or the Close Program window (CTRL+ALT+DEL) but a list of startup
applications, although you will find some of them listed via this method.
Pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL identifies programs that are currently running - not
necessarily at startup. For a list of tasks/processes you should try
WinTasks 5 Standard/Professional from LIUtilities or the list at
AnswersThatWork. Therefore, before ending a task/process via CTRL+ALT+DEL
just because it has an "X" recommendation, please check whether it's in MSCONFIG
or the registry first. An example would be "svchost.exe" - which doesn't appear
in either under normal conditions but does via CTRL+ALT+DEL. If in doubt, don't
do anything.