To find out what many TSR programs are, try:

http://www.azpchelp.com/StartupListA-F.htm

For executables and other startups, see:

http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM

And, when all else fails, enter the name, e.g., cfd.exe, in Google.

CFD, btw, is used by a number of companies, including BellSouth, with their
broadband services.

Ed

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>
> Hi Listers:  When it comes to the task of closing running
> applications and, I use the ctrl-alt-del and then, the end task
> command to close each of them, I have always wondered what some
> of the apps that are running really are. For
> instance---ccd,tgcmd,loadqm,ipmon32,cfd,stimon. When loading some
> software, they require that you close all of these applications
> before loading and, they instruct me NOT to use the "end task"
> command to do it but, rather to use "shift-Alt" instead to close
> them which I might add does not close them. Also, every time I go
> to close these various apps, when I close "cfd", I get the BSOD
> for some reason hence the reason I'm asking what all these
> mysterious things represent.  Can anyone out there describe in
> detail what they mean?  Thanks in advance.  Ed Bogert

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