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Mar 3rd, 2001, 12:04 PM
zmerlinz

i am trying to make my computer boot up a little quicker so i am clearing things out of bootup, and there is this thing called cmmpu.exe and i don't know what it does and how it effect te computer, all i do know is that if i do ctrl+alt+del and end task it it says that it isn't responding and i have to kill it, so what should i do with it ?? please help

BTW this is my machine spec in case it helps

AMD K-6 500Mhz
96Mb RAM
8 GIG HDD
Windows ME
Visual studio 6 enterprise edition SP4

Thanks for your help
Mar 3rd, 2001, 12:05 PM
zmerlinz

oh and is there anything else i can do to speed my computer up when booting ??
Mar 3rd, 2001, 12:38 PM
Active
Regarding Cmmpu.exe ..
See KB article

http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q218/6/08.asp

For Faster Booting...
Remove all Unwanted stuff in System.ini,Win.ini etc...
Remove Unwanted Programs in the Registry
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
etc...
Mar 3rd, 2001, 12:44 PM
zmerlinz

thanks a lot active that was very useful
Mar 3rd, 2001, 03:35 PM
HarryW

An easier, more descriptive (and safer) method to remove things from startup - go to Start->Run and type "msconfig" then press <Enter>. If you click on the rightmost tab you can select what is run at startup.
Mar 3rd, 2001, 03:40 PM
zmerlinz

I have already done that, but thanks anyway :)
Mar 3rd, 2001, 03:41 PM

That's what I always do....but...

When I install windows, I always have something called 'hidserv' in my task list..... well, last time I installed windows, when unticked it from the start up list in msconfig, it never ran again.... but this time, I unticked it from the start up list, and it's still in my task list when I press ctrl-alt-del.... :confused:
Mar 3rd, 2001, 03:53 PM
HarryW

Bizarre... I always keep my tasklist as empty as possible, when I don't have any apps open the only things on there are explorer, systray, my firewall (since I'm on cable) mdm (I usually kill this if I'm gonna play a game) and an intellimouse thing.

I don't trust stuff that I don't recognise to run in my tasklist.
Mar 3rd, 2001, 05:19 PM
Active

I hate MDM....It is the Reason for 75% of the time
the browser crashes.
Mar 3rd, 2001, 06:38 PM
Wynd

What exactly is MDM?
Mar 3rd, 2001, 07:33 PM
HarryW

Machine Debug Manager... kind of ironic that it causes crashes really :rolleyes:
May 11th, 2001, 08:22 PM
Wynd

Any way i can get rid of it? It does make programs crash and hang alot.