briank
11-08-2006, 10:29 PM
What I'd like to go is keep a log of every process that starts from boot-up on. It doesn't have to store the process start time, but the log needs to be in chronological order at least.
Why? I have some process that runs about 5 minutes after boot up and then again 30 minutes after boot-up. It causes the game Live for Speed to dump out into the desktop. When this happens I see a program with no icon and no name in the task bar and then it disappears (executes and shuts down) within 1 second. Not enough time for me to open task manager and attempt to catch the process name.
I suspect its PC-cillin antivirus or HP's printer software checking for updates, but I have no wa y of being sure. I really think its HP's software. I just did some updates and now this program runs every 20 minutes instead of just twice at bootup. I *do* have automatic updates turned off in HP solution center, but something is still running.
I guess time to uninstall this HP bloatware. I would still like to find some software that can log application starts though. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Why? I have some process that runs about 5 minutes after boot up and then again 30 minutes after boot-up. It causes the game Live for Speed to dump out into the desktop. When this happens I see a program with no icon and no name in the task bar and then it disappears (executes and shuts down) within 1 second. Not enough time for me to open task manager and attempt to catch the process name.
I suspect its PC-cillin antivirus or HP's printer software checking for updates, but I have no wa y of being sure. I really think its HP's software. I just did some updates and now this program runs every 20 minutes instead of just twice at bootup. I *do* have automatic updates turned off in HP solution center, but something is still running.
I guess time to uninstall this HP bloatware. I would still like to find some software that can log application starts though. Any help would be greatly appreciated.