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  1. Mar 3rd, 2001, 12:04 PM #1
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    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

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  2. Mar 3rd, 2001, 12:05 PM #2
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    oh and is there anything else i can do to speed my computer up when booting ??

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  3. Mar 3rd, 2001, 12:38 PM #3
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    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...
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    thanks a lot active that was very useful

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  6. Mar 3rd, 2001, 03:35 PM #5
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    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.
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    I have already done that, but thanks anyway

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  8. Mar 3rd, 2001, 03:41 PM #7
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    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....
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  9. Mar 3rd, 2001, 03:53 PM #8
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    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.
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    I hate MDM....It is the Reason for 75% of the time
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  12. Mar 3rd, 2001, 06:38 PM #10
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    What exactly is MDM?
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  13. Mar 3rd, 2001, 07:33 PM #11
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    Machine Debug Manager... kind of ironic that it causes crashes really
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  14. May 11th, 2001, 08:22 PM #12
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    Any way i can get rid of it? It does make programs crash and hang alot.
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