Some program itself starts and stops in a fraction of seconds.. whats that

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Some program itself starts and stops in a fraction of seconds..

Yes and it happens so quickly that i am never able to see the name or even the icon of the program..

it is visible only in the taskbar, no window is visible..

It happens almost every 5 minutes on my machine..

i am not able to figure out whats that..

I tried utilizing camstudio to capture a video of the taskbar portion but camstudio is making some titled videos and the icon is not clearly visible ..

please help..

Hari Om

Posted 2012-07-21T18:59:23.807

Reputation: 37

Define “some program”. Is it a specific one? – Synetech – 2012-07-21T19:30:34.470

no.. well i don't know.. its something unknown.. – Hari Om – 2012-07-21T19:45:43.477

You don’t know which program(s) close? o.O – Synetech – 2012-07-21T20:07:28.750

well.. you didn't understand question.. its an action that takes so quickly that a human can't judge which program executed.. – Hari Om – 2012-07-22T11:04:29.630

Oh okay. I thought you meant that sometimes when you run a program, it closes quickly instead of staying open. Instead, you are saying that a program launches on its own right? Then as Mark suggested, try running ProcessMonitor to see what program is run. Alternately, you should be able to use Camstudio to capture the screen; just set the frame-rate to the highest setting and the codec to uncompressed or Microsoft Video 1 (i.e., something that is very fast). – Synetech – 2012-07-22T17:21:19.217

well.. now i've trying something like that, lets see what do i get in the end.. initially i got an online update thing used by a internet dongle.. removing which seams like things resolved but i won't decide so easily.. – Hari Om – 2012-07-22T18:43:52.450

> initially i got an online update thing used by a internet dongle   Yes, it could be a program for some hardware. Sadly, I have seen many devices (printers, cameras, etc.) that like to install a lot of junk programs that can run and flash and crash, etc. :-( Use a program like Autoruns or MSConfig to see what programs are being run. Then you can disable/enable some to see which one is being bad. – Synetech – 2012-07-22T18:55:09.863

Answers

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Get ProcessMonitor from SysInternals (It's free) and start it recording for 5-10 minutes, stopping it right after you see the program appear and then vanish. It'll have recorded any registry key or file access made, and maybe you can figure it out that way.

Or, open a command prompt and run tasklist, spamming it over and over until you see the program show up - if you run tasklist at just the right time, you'll see the name of the executable.

Oh - another thing that might give a clue is AutoRuns from SysInternals, see what is being started when your PC boots Windows, and see if there's anything there that you are suspicious of. Naturally, you must be careful with these tools not to disable something that you really needed, etc. (Seriously, get someone to help you.)

Mark Allen

Posted 2012-07-21T18:59:23.807

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This thing really helps.. am sure, i get to the roots of what ever comes my way.. – Hari Om – 2012-07-22T18:45:19.063

@HariOm Best of luck! – Mark Allen – 2012-07-23T18:21:06.223

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