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Re: this little tool is nice and saved me> Proccess Priority Saver [PRIO]
de hummingbird 06/09/2006 08:34
On 9 Jun 2006 19:29:19 +0200 'John Jay Smith'
posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>yes:-) I know this utility and have used it for a long time..
I thought you probably already used it, being a bright spark :-)
>I was just wondering if you had a program that poped up a warning or
>something like that
>when something was added...
I was just trawling through the lists the other day....
>"hummingbird" <OPRBMDQMZNLV@spammotel.com> wrote in message
>news:5oaj82lofidi5r9n2h80mn2039s09son4j@4ax.com...
>> On 9 Jun 2006 18:45:05 +0200 'John Jay Smith'
>> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>>
>>>Hello, yes indeed those 2 files are needed. The dll file runs with
>>>windows
>>>explorer and adds the fuctionality to the the task manager and the .sys
>>>file
>>>is the (optional since it asks you if you want to install it) driver
>>>for the network info. Indeed it has to communicate with the network to get
>>>the port info.
>>
>> I must have skipped over the install option for the .sys file.
>> I'll take another peep under the covers...
>>
>>>Im just wondering how did you get the detailed information about what was
>>>added at the startup?
>>>So you use a program for this?
>>
>> Exactly. I use the indispensable sysinternals 'Autoruns' utility v8.51
>> which has tabs which list every exe/sys/dll that starts when the
>> system is booted. Anything which looks dodgy can be temporarily
>> switched off or even removed. Also right-click to search Google
>> for info on any item.
>>
>> Main Page: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
>> Download v8.51: http://www.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip
>>
>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>"hummingbird" <OPRBMDQMZNLV@spammotel.com> wrote in message
>>>news:47ti82p4gt0hintncjchp0efvkkmsntj3l@4ax.com...
>>>> On 9 Jun 2006 11:03:50 +0200 'John Jay Smith'
>>>> posted this onto alt.comp.freeware:
>>>>
>>>>>free
>>>>>http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html
>>>>>
>>>>>Have you ever changed the priority of a process in the Task Manager?
>>>>>Do you have to do it often?
>>>>>Do you want your database server or media player to know the priority it
>>>>>should work with?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Prio - Process Priority Saver. Free for personal use.
>>>>
>>>> I installed this small device a few weeks ago and it certainly
>>>> provides several useful features as you describe.
>>>>
>>>> fwiw:
>>>> It probably isn't spyware but it does install a couple of modules
>>>> at start-up: prio.sys and prio.dll (see Autoruns tabs 'drivers' and
>>>> 'applinit' respectively). Prio.dll then appears in my ZA firewall
>>>> module list for external comms but maybe that's because it needs
>>>> to, to provide the data in the TCP/IP tab it creates.