Page 1 of 1
What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:20 am
by Ahura-sama
http://i44.tinypic.com/1y72tw.jpg
The one that are in red outline. I've try google them, but nothing turn up even close-w/ or w/out the squiggly. The best clue is that it has something to do w/ Rescue n Recovery, the 2 "SS" was the giveaway.
Annoying! What do they do and is it wise to keep them disabled permanently? And how so, or config/disable service?
Re: What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:48 pm
by killer
RRSERV~1 is Rescue & Recovery backup
RRPSER~1 is also something to do with R&R
TPHDEXLG is ThinkVantage Active Protection System - HDD Logger Module
TVT_RE~1 is something to do with ThinkVantage Registry
I have no idea what A2SERV~1 is. However, if you use the search facility in Windows and right click on the result you can look at Properties and then Version. It should tell you what the program is.
Re: What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:32 pm
by Ahura-sama
So is it necessary for these exe run 24/7???
Re: What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:37 pm
by Marin85
Ahura-sama wrote:So is it necessary for these exe run 24/7???
Yes, especially the Active Protection System one. If you use the corresponding applications (Rescue&Recovery), I think you will be better off to leave these .exe-s running in order to assure the proper work of the application. If you don´t use R&R, then simply uninstall it. Besides, there are faster alternatives to R&R (though not freeware).
Re: What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:06 pm
by basketb
killer wrote:...
I have no idea what A2SERV~1 is. However, if you use the search facility in Windows and right click on the result you can look at Properties and then Version. It should tell you what the program is.
Maybe the OP can be troubled and do some work of his/her own. How difficult is it to use google to search for "A2SERV~1"?
Re: What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:53 pm
by Tõnis
The site I use to check processes is
http://www.processlibrary.com/. It's pretty handy.
Tõnis
Re: What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:54 pm
by Marin85
Great link!
Thanks
Marin
Re: What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:45 pm
by Johan
... alternatively, and simpler (translating to
smarter for lazy people such as I!) use the first-class, free Sysinternals/Microsoft tool:
Process Explorer and right-click on any process... and select from the pop-up menu e.g. "Search Online" and
bing! Google will tell you what the specific process is. Of course, you may also find out this in a more manual way, using another free Sysinternals/Microsoft tool:
Autoruns for Windows v9.39. Both these are truly outstanding tools... highly recommended!
Finally/additionally the tool by
BlackViper -->
Windows XP x86 (32-bit) Service Pack 3 Service Configurations is also very useful if wanting to optimize Windows... by disabling unnecessary services and other auto-started programs.
Johan
Re: What are these exe? and how to keep them inactive, permanent
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:51 pm
by Marin85
Johan, great recommendations! I have to admit I have never spotted the "search online" feature of Process Explorer
Regarding Autoruns, this utility can vastly optimize the startup behavior of windows but this would require quite a lot of knowledge and also time to go through all the entries (despite the grouping). BTW, it´s also very useful to fight malware if one can find the corresponding components.
