Category: Windows
by Dennis Faas, infopackets editor
http://www.infopackets.com
Last week's mind-numbing question was sent in from Jon W. He asked:
" I have a few programs listed in my
MSCONFIG startup. One of the programs was LoadQM.Exe, and Google's
search pointed me to your web site. Good info on the
LoadQM.exe program! I've now deleted it from the start-up file.
The other two programs I'm trying to find more information on are
Carpserv.exe and
Nwiz.exe/install, but didn't get any clear-cut information on
these two when querying Google.
Do
you have any input on these two items? "
My Response:
I asked the
Gazette Readers to send me their thoughts on the subject. I haven't
heard of any of these programs before, either. Surprisingly, 95% of
the responses (out of about 200 emails!) recommended
Pac's Portal web site.
I've mentioned Pac's Portal before but couldn't remember which newsletter had
the URL... and of course, I couldn't find it because the Infopackets Search
Engine is offline (it's on my list of to do's!).
Mark G. writes:
"I
enjoy your newsletter. I just signed up and am very impressed!
Apparently carpserve.exe is related to Zoltrix Modems, but I don't
know much more than that.
Nwiz.exe is associated with the newer versions of nVidia graphics
cards drivers. Allows you to immensely improve desktop layouts by setting
preferences and optimizations. However, this isn't necessary for the
operation of your system."
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm
Linda J.* wrote in
and confirmed Mark's answer, except she got her information from a different
source:
" I would assume you could disable carpserve.exe in msconfig
and see if you can still connect to the Internet. If not, then enable it
again. Nwiz.exe is part of the nvidia video card software. It
allows you to customize your screen graphics, etc. I wouldn't imagine it's
necessary to run it at startup and you can probably disable it using
msconfig as well.
I found both of these answers here:
http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup "
Side note: Linda J. also has a computer-related web
site for newbies. It's called
All About
Computers (ABC) and has a number of online
computer tutorials worth checking out.
And, yet another
resource was mentioned by Gary S. He writes:
" Thanks for the useful
newsletter! In regards to your last issue and the question about startup
programs, here is a good site which I found that the nwiz.exe is an
install for Nvidia graphics:
http://www.azpchelp.com/StartupList.htm "
Thanks to all who wrote in.
