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PE3 was loading a lot slower than in the past so I checked Task Manager and found that somehow three start up programs (courtesy of my 5650 printer) that I had disabled in msconfig were running again. After disabling them again I am now back to a 20 sec load of Editor after a restart and 6 secs for each subsequent load.
The programs under Startup in msconfig are hpcmpmgr, hpotdd01, and hptskmgr. A Google search on those names will bring up information on what they do. In my case, since I don’t use any of the bundled HP Software or have any other HP equipment, eliminating them has no effect other than to free 17 k of memory and speed up my PC.
To solve the reappearance I have used Winpatrol to permanently delete them from Startup rather than just unchecking them in msconfig. Winpatrol is a handy freebee at <http://www.winpatrol.com/> .
FWIW experiment carefully and don’t permanently eliminate until you are sure everything still works. 🙂
Bob
The programs under Startup in msconfig are hpcmpmgr, hpotdd01, and hptskmgr. A Google search on those names will bring up information on what they do. In my case, since I don’t use any of the bundled HP Software or have any other HP equipment, eliminating them has no effect other than to free 17 k of memory and speed up my PC.
To solve the reappearance I have used Winpatrol to permanently delete them from Startup rather than just unchecking them in msconfig. Winpatrol is a handy freebee at <http://www.winpatrol.com/> .
FWIW experiment carefully and don’t permanently eliminate until you are sure everything still works. 🙂
Bob
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