a couple of odd occurrences

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

Hi guys,

 

for some strange reason Windows Management and help center seem to pop up at

random times for no reason at all. Tried running SR, but it didn't help.

When giving the three finger solute, it shows Windows Management with the

vowels in management and Help Center with the vowels missing in center.

 

How do I stop this from happening?

[Guest Corday]

RE: a couple of odd occurrences

 

This could be one of those unexplainable things, but try looking at your

startup items for something resembling this. Uncheck it.

--

Corday

 

 

"SSJ04 Mewtwo" wrote:

> Hi guys,

>

> for some strange reason Windows Management and help center seem to pop up at

> random times for no reason at all. Tried running SR, but it didn't help.

> When giving the three finger solute, it shows Windows Management with the

> vowels in management and Help Center with the vowels missing in center.

>

> How do I stop this from happening?

>

>

>

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

Re: a couple of odd occurrences

 

Corday <cordayrick@bellsouth.net> wrote:

 

This could be one of those unexplainable things, but try looking at your

startup items for something resembling this. Uncheck it.

 

Checked that under msconfig, but didn't find anything.

[Guest Corday]

Re: a couple of odd occurrences

 

Just fishing, but check your task scheduler. I'm assuming you're bringing up

the normal help stuff and not the business management program for servers.

Also, with your 3 finger salute, "end task" rather than closing program. It

might not appear again during that session.

 

"SSJ04 Mewtwo" wrote:

> Corday <cordayrick@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>

> This could be one of those unexplainable things, but try looking at your

> startup items for something resembling this. Uncheck it.

>

> Checked that under msconfig, but didn't find anything.

>

>

>

[Guest Arturo Seis]

Re: a couple of odd occurrences

 

SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote:

> Corday <cordayrick@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>

> This could be one of those unexplainable things, but try looking at

> your startup items for something resembling this. Uncheck it.

>

> Checked that under msconfig, but didn't find anything.

 

When you say Windows Management, do you mean winmgmnt? If so, I suggest it

is invoked by software such as your firewall (though why Help Centre should

come up too, I don't know). Personally I think this is because everything

has for a long time now been designed for XP (and now Vista), which do not

suffer from winmgmnt running - but Windows 98 and Windows ME do suffer. In

this sense I feel that even when software is still said to be compatible

with 98/ME - and will certainly install! - still it is not really and you

need to revert to about the last version made while Millennium was still in

Support by Microsoft, possibly even earlier. Put it another way, they may

say this or that is compatible with Windows ME - but actually all they mean

is it will install, and will run. Not that performance won't suffer. If you

physically disconnect from the internet, you can experiment by, say,

uninstalling the firewall, and seeing if that improves matters. If not, try

uninstalling something else relatively recent. But install a new firewall

before going back online, if that is what it is.

 

Again, I don't know why Help Centre would be running - but my experience of

winmgmnt running in Window ME is that it severely impacts on performance,

and it is always some recent third party software such as the firewall, that

triggers it.

 

Arturo

[Guest SSJ04 Mewtwo]

Re: a couple of odd occurrences

 

Corday <cordayrick@bellsouth.net> wrote:

 

Just fishing, but check your task scheduler. I'm assuming you're bringing up

the normal help stuff and not the business management program for servers.

Also, with your 3 finger salute, "end task" rather than closing program. It

might not appear again during that session.

 

Yes, it's the normal help. Nothing in the schedule tasks except for 3

maintenance programs and PC Health Scheduler for Data Collection