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Comment from jonathon on 2008-11-24

2008-11-25T07:55:32Z

k so i am listing this on many sites trying to find an answer to this process. running on my win 2000 laptop its called trickler_bic_do. if anyone has an idea on this process's origins it would be helpful. when this is running system resoures are used upp at an alarming rate until reduced to zero and cpu stays pegged full load. it can be ended but starts back up just as fast. not seen as virus by many many checkers or ad adware or ect... any help would be useful

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Comment from Beverly Adams on 2008-10-28

2008-10-28T18:01:22Z

i have deleted my history ,cookies , removed stuff i dont use thru the removal tool in control panel, delete recycle bin,run spy ware, defragment tool. What else can I do to Speed up things.

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Comment from Beverly Adams on 2008-10-28

2008-10-28T17:56:18Z

I am tring to speed up my computer, I have a HUGE list on the "started" services from control-adm tools-services. I am scared i may delete the wrong ones. I did you answer this question 'I WANT TO END SOME OF THE PROCESSES RUNNING ON MY COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING MY COMPUTER SLOWER... HOW DO I KNOW WHICH ONES NOT TO END, WHICH ONES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND WHICH ONES I CAN END???" Does deleting the history on your pages make it slower or faster? Help

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Comment from Marilyn on 2008-08-13

2008-08-14T03:50:52Z

Why when I go to shut down my pc does this pop up
come up that says other people are on your computer and if you shut down now they will lose information? Has some person or persons hacked into my computer?

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Comment from babe on 2008-03-30

2008-03-30T16:43:22Z

I even log off and progam is runnig

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Comment from Dale Black on 2008-02-24

2008-02-25T03:03:54Z

My wife downloaded two screen savers, :(
When she tried to install something went wrong.
now the two .exe files are on the desktop (where she DL them) and we can't delete/move them and no screensaver to run.

When we try to delete them we get a message telling us that another program or person is using them.

I have tried several online Virus/spyware, etc and although they found and cleaned a few things it did not fix this one and we still can't get rid of them.

I tried to look them up in the task mgr and I see no listing or anything out of the normal.

Can you help????

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Comment from quoc on 2007-10-13

2007-10-13T19:46:57Z

how come my computer got lagier the next day and what antivirus do you recemend that i should use

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Comment from Jenny d on 2007-08-04

2007-08-04T08:49:20Z

What is the program running in the background? On the task bar there is a task w/ a box in it. When I click on the task nothing happens. Before I was able to log off the computer and it would disappear but now it constantly stays on the screen. Can it be a virus?

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-02-22

2007-02-22T18:52:13Z

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A couple of ideas:

http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_read_a_message_that_flies_by_too_quickly_on_my_screen.html

and

http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_track_what_programs_come_and_go_on_my_machine.html

And of course make sure your anti-virus and anti-spyware programs both
have up to date databases.

Leo
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Comment from christi on 2007-02-20

2007-02-20T10:38:29Z

Hello. I keep getting this little task pop-up thing with a little white box with a blue horrizontal line across the top in my task bar. The whole thing just randomly pops up and then disappears after a few seconds---it's too fast for me to click on it to see what it is. It also disrupts my screen saver. I turned my computer off and I had that "end now" box that came up before I could shutdown. Apparently there were two programs running I had no idea about: __PIAWIA and Windows Forums Parking Windows.

Are these viruses? How do I get rid of them?

Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you!

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Comment from laverne hargett on 2006-09-25

2006-09-25T07:04:54Z

thank you very much for solving my problems with my pc. you have a wonderful site. thank you again

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Comment from Rosland on 2006-07-24

2006-07-24T16:55:17Z

I WANT TO END SOME OF THE PROCESSES RUNNING ON MY COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING MY COMPUTER SLOWER... HOW DO I KNOW WHICH ONES NOT TO END, WHICH ONES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND WHICH ONES I CAN END???

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Comment from Leo on 2006-06-21

2006-06-22T04:02:37Z

I would use Process Explorer, referred to in the article, to see if you can identify which of the processes might be titled "Sample".

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Comment from Patti on 2006-06-20

2006-06-21T05:36:49Z

Whenever I shut down, I get the "End Now" box telling me there's a program running that needs to stop before I can shut down. There is an option to Cancel (to return to windows) or "End Now" (and I will lose any unsaved information ..." The name of the program is Sample--that's it -- just "Sample" -- what on earth is "Sample?" For months -- in vain, I've searched this computer inside and out and I cannot find anything called "Sample" that resembles a program. Sometimes I think I get it narrowed down to a graphic program of some sort-who knows? I cannot get rid of it - it a persistant rascal and even survived a major crash last Sunday! If you can solve this one for me - I'll dance at your wedding, or your retirement party, whichever comes first.

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Comment from james on 2006-04-26

2006-04-27T06:27:27Z

I have an annoying warning A DECK SCROLLBAR OUT OF RANGE what is it and how to get rid of it please

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Comment from tom catlin on 2006-04-26

2006-04-26T23:29:14Z

i have some programs running on my windows xp that are running under the users name, ive run spy bot, ive downloaded the process explorer and it wont see them, if i use task manager to stop the process, it just restarts itself, ive searched the registry for refernces to the file names running and got rid of them there but they still show up in task manager, i found the some files in Windows/system32 but you can delete it because there in use, if i go to safe mode you cant find them in the windows explorer, im frustrated, the file names are veumb.exe and xcpji.exe. the second file is in the start up folder and you can get rid of it there either. can someone help? i didnt find anything in the articles to get me movin but this is a great site

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Comment from Leo on 2006-01-18

2006-01-19T05:45:23Z

This article may help: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_uninstall_windows_messenger.html

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Comment from karlye on 2006-01-18

2006-01-19T05:36:30Z

I can't seem to get rid of msn (i think it's version 4.7) It won't remove from my add/remove programs lists.... I had originally tried to remove it so I could use versions 7.5, but 7.5 won't work on my laptop and 4.7 won't go!
I am not familiar with most of the technical stuff with computers.. but I can usually add and remove proigrams no probs!
thanks Karlye

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Comment from K.Uma Mahesh on 2006-01-06

2006-01-06T17:39:22Z

i learnt a lot from ur site .... thanks a lot leo

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Comment from Leo on 2005-09-16

2005-09-17T02:50:41Z

How'd you send it? Seems like her wireless phone company is the only place to turn for help.

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Comment from Jaime on 2005-09-15

2005-09-16T05:54:59Z

Big problem here. I instant messaged a friend's cell phone from my PC. Unfortunatly, the same message has been sent to her over and over on her cell phone all day long!!! No one seems to know how to stop it and each text message is costing her money. can you help?

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Comment from Leo on 2005-07-07

2005-07-08T03:45:01Z

Icons are just files on your machine, so this article may help: http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_find_out_who_is_using_a_file_in_use.html

Desktop icons would be in c:\documents and settings\username\desktop and in c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop

So find out which applications have those icon files open, and then you can take appropriate action.

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Comment from Kevin on 2005-07-06

2005-07-07T05:47:30Z

Hello I have 2 program icons on my desktop i wish to delete--i right click them and hit delete and it pauses and it said they are being run by a program and can't delete----check in task manager and nothing obvious is in there. I restart in safe mode and same result---is there a way to see what program is running these 2 items so I can delete them???? thanks---great web site by the way---so much info i am on overload---

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Comment from Leo on 2005-04-04

2005-04-05T02:42:45Z

You probably want this article: http://ask-leo.com/svchost_and_svchostexe_crashs_cpu_maximization_viruses_exploits_and_more.html

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Comment from Martin Ford on 2005-04-04

2005-04-04T19:40:05Z

Hi!

I have been reading many of your articles and am pleased with the clarity. I cannot seem however to find the article on svchost.exe. Call me thick if you will but I must be missing it.

Frustrated because I have three computers now all at standstill whill this exe files eats away at my CPU. In one case I am getting 100% red in the task manager!!!

I have read so much rubbish for days now contradicting themselves about this listening to everyone else saying the same problems with a myriad of unhelpful answers.

I know very well what it is what I want to know is how to kill whatever is possesing it!!!

Can you help?

Please???

Martin

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Comment from Leo on 2004-11-20

2004-11-20T21:04:51Z

I have had several articles on svchost for a long time. Start here: http://ask-leo.com/about_svchost.html

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Comment from Marion on 2004-11-20

2004-11-20T19:33:57Z

When will you post info on svhost. I have five of them don't know which I can delete. Marion

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Comment from Florida Mortgage on 2004-11-07

2004-11-07T13:54:47Z

I agree with the last comment 100%.

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Comment from paul robinson on 2004-11-03

2004-11-03T15:01:55Z

dear leo
your site is a valuable source of informatin and help. thanks. keep it up.

paul

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Comment from Leo on 2004-10-22

2004-10-23T00:13:08Z

It depends on what the processes are, which is why this article was written - to help identify them. Many are important parts of the operating system itself, others are a waste of time. Once you know which is what, how you turn them off will, once again, depend on exactly what each process is.

There's no blanket answer, I'm afraid.

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Comment from Edward on 2004-10-22

2004-10-23T00:05:29Z

my computer is running slow, so i open windows task manager. i see all the processes when i didnt even open alot of programs yet. the processes just appear and i want to ask how to make them decrease when i start my desktop.

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Comment from Edward on 2004-10-22

2004-10-23T00:04:40Z

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Comment from Maxwell on 2004-09-05

2004-09-06T05:38:07Z

Armor2net Personal Firewall, a program for the Windows operating system that helps protect computers from the threats on the Internet and World Wide Web. With Armor2net Personal Firewall in place, end-users can breathe a sigh of relief.
For more information, please visit: http://www.armor2net.com

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Comment from P-skijj on 2004-04-03

2004-04-03T21:30:01Z

About missing tabs in taskmanager:
I had the same problem. Rebooting didn't help me, but I simply double clicked on the 'frame', the grayish border(?) and the tabs all came back. Double click again to make them disappear again.
/P-skijj

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-24

2004-03-24T17:16:06Z

Rebooting should resolve anything caused by killing a task in taskmanager.

Leo

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Comment from Thioden on 2004-03-24

2004-03-24T15:08:54Z

I accedently shut down a proces in taskmgr and now all the tabs (like programs and network ... ) are gone, i can't make them reapear. I've tryed to use system restore but it doesn't work. What should I do?
This is realy annoying.
thanks in advance.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-09

2004-03-09T22:28:50Z

Darned good question. I assume you are running Win9x? Grab a copy of Process Explorer from sysinternals, referenced in the article. Run it and you'll at least be able to see where "A" is on your hard drive. From there you can begin to investigate, again as outlined in the article. I also assume you've already run virus and spyware scans.

Leo

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Comment from Allan Brine on 2004-03-09

2004-03-09T22:04:08Z

In my Ctrl-alt-del there is a program simply called "A". what is it? please email me a response A.S.A.P. thanks
-Allan

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Comment from Erle on 2004-01-05

2004-01-06T03:48:53Z

Heard about your site on one of the PC oriented radio shows. Heard someone ask about a slow PC. Host recommended your site. I had the problem too and went to your site. Your recommendation to try Process Explorer allowed me (a novice)to locate a problem with my firewall (on/off cycling process, CPU up to 100% every 20 seconds). Went to firewall software and reset firewall enable...fixed problem immediately. THANKS SO MUCH!

Erle

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Comment from Erle on 2004-01-05

2004-01-06T03:48:50Z

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