Michael,
All of the items beginning with ATI are related to your ATI Rage video card.
You can safely remove these. (I find that they cause more trouble than
they are worth.)
HPFSCHED is for the HP printer, but it is not needed.
You can safely remove this item also.
QSTUB.EXE is a semi-generic program that is involved in loading some
applications (mostly games.... I think). I caution you to leave this alone
unless you are absolutely sure of what program needs it.
I have not heard of the other 3 items so I will defer to those
who are familiar with them. As a rule, I don't fool with anything
that I'm not sure of. (I know a lot of people who ended up reinstalling
all their software because they wanted to "see what happens".)
Zone Alarm is a good program, but if you are on a dial up account
you do not need it. Firewalls are only necessary for those with 24hr
connections -- like cable modems and DSL connections.
Jim Meagher
----- Original Message -----
> > In my Win 98 system (P2-400, 96 M Ram, 2xAGP ATI Rage Pro video, ATI TV
> > Wonder Card, Maxtor HD, CD-ROM, CD-RW, Zip100 Drive), I have a number of
> > programs starting up that I cannot identify, nor therefore do I know if
I
> > need them or not.
> >
> > If I run "msconfig" and from the 'start-up' tab, see, among many
programs
> > that I *DO* know what they are, the following entries that I cannot
> > identify, or only guess at:
> >
> > ATI Launchpad
> > Cydoor CD_Load.exe
> > ATICwd32 Aticwd32.exe
> > ATI Scheduler
> > ATIKey atitask.exe
> > Machine Debug Manager c:\windows\system\mdm.exe
> > Resume copy copyfstq.exe /startup
> > Run = hpfsched
> > Run = Qtstub.exe
> >
> > Can anyone give any help in identifying what any of these are, and can I
> > un-check them?
> >
>
> Oke let's see...
>
> Do you have an ATI graphics Card or a Motherboard of ATI or with an ATI
> chipset if so than ATI is for that...
>
> Resume Copy is new for me / but i think that you can uncheck that on.
Don't
> delete it but uncheck it first and see if nothing happens with the system
>
> Machine Debug Manager - Just a debugging program for windows to debug some
> problems if the occur i think...
>
> Hpfsched - the name says it all Hewlett Packard Scheduler is needed for
the
> printer is a printing scheduler...
>
> Qtstub.exe also new for me... / Just uncheck it and see what's happen...
>
> Oke... and finally.. CYDOOR please please Please uncheck and delete this
one
> from you harddisk... I had the program also ones and deleted it very
> quikly... It's a kind of BackDoor program for hackers.. that's the thing
that
> i think of it.. and is not needed for windows...
>
> Personally if you have a internet connection.. download at
www.zonelabs.com /
> Zone Alarm it's free and a good and easy to use Firewall... Atguard is
also a
> good firewall but there you have to pay for.. my motto is if it's free and
> good you must have it...
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