Guest Don in San Antonio Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Can Windows Task Manager be started during boot-up? I'd like to see what processes are running immediately after startup. Something is locking my system up for about 20 or 30 seconds after startup or at least it appears so. Thanks Don
Guest Don in San Antonio Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Monitor boot process with Task Manager Don in San Antonio said the following on 8/30/2007 6:06 PM: > Can Windows Task Manager be started during boot-up? I'd like to see > what processes are running immediately after startup. Something is > locking my system up for about 20 or 30 seconds after startup or at > least it appears so. > Thanks > Don Starting Task Manager turned out to be pretty easy. I just put a shortcut to taskmgr.exe in my startup folder of the Start Menu. Turns out that a process called vsmon.exe is taking quit a bit of time (36 seconds) right after boot-up. Don
Guest Brian A. Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Monitor boot process with Task Manager "Don in San Antonio" <don@sa.com> wrote in message news:em%230J016HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Don in San Antonio said the following on 8/30/2007 6:06 PM: >> Can Windows Task Manager be started during boot-up? I'd like to see what >> processes are running immediately after startup. Something is locking my system >> up for about 20 or 30 seconds after startup or at least it appears so. >> Thanks >> Don > > Starting Task Manager turned out to be pretty easy. I just put a shortcut to > taskmgr.exe in my startup folder of the Start Menu. Turns out that a process > called vsmon.exe is taking quit a bit of time (36 seconds) right after boot-up. > > Don Are you using ZoneAlarm? The file vsmon.exe belongs to ZoneAlarm personal firewall, which monitors Internet traffic and generates alerts by following the security rules that users configure in Zone Alarm. http://www.file.net/process/vsmon.exe.html I don't think it's advisable to remove it if it is the ZA file, it may kill your connection if you do. -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Guest Brian A. Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Monitor boot process with Task Manager "Don in San Antonio" <don@sa.com> wrote in message news:%23dtogp16HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Can Windows Task Manager be started during boot-up? I'd like to see what processes > are running immediately after startup. Something is locking my system up for about > 20 or 30 seconds after startup or at least it appears so. > Thanks > Don Are you using ZoneAlarm? The file vsmon.exe belongs to ZoneAlarm personal firewall, which monitors Internet traffic and generates alerts by following the security rules that users configure in Zone Alarm. http://www.file.net/process/vsmon.exe.html I don't think it's advisable to remove it if it is the ZA file, it may kill your connection if you do. -- Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User } Conflicts start where information lacks. http://basconotw.mvps.org/ Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Guest Handyman Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Monitor boot process with Task Manager >> vsmon.exe is taking quit a bit of time (36 seconds) right after boot-up << As you probably know, this is a process related to Zone Alarm. And they have had issues with it, off and on, for years. I've had the same problem myself with it, but the version that's in here right now is behaving OK and doesn't stall my start-up. But that could change with the next update.
Guest Don in San Antonio Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Monitor boot process with Task Manager Brian A. said the following on 8/30/2007 9:39 PM: > > "Don in San Antonio" <don@sa.com> wrote in message > news:em%230J016HHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Don in San Antonio said the following on 8/30/2007 6:06 PM: >>> Can Windows Task Manager be started during boot-up? I'd like to see >>> what processes are running immediately after startup. Something is >>> locking my system up for about 20 or 30 seconds after startup or at >>> least it appears so. >>> Thanks >>> Don >> >> Starting Task Manager turned out to be pretty easy. I just put a >> shortcut to taskmgr.exe in my startup folder of the Start Menu. Turns >> out that a process called vsmon.exe is taking quit a bit of time (36 >> seconds) right after boot-up. >> >> Don > > Are you using ZoneAlarm? > > The file vsmon.exe belongs to ZoneAlarm personal firewall, which > monitors Internet traffic and generates alerts by following the security > rules that users configure in Zone Alarm. > > http://www.file.net/process/vsmon.exe.html > > I don't think it's advisable to remove it if it is the ZA file, it may > kill your connection if you do. > Yes, vsmon.exe is a zone alarm file and I'm running Zone Alarm Pro. I've decided to leave it alone since security is paramount. I checked into reducing the priority and got a warning from Task Manager that there might be adverse effects. Thanks for the help.
Guest Don in San Antonio Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Re: Monitor boot process with Task Manager Handyman said the following on 8/30/2007 10:33 PM: >>> vsmon.exe is taking quit a bit of time (36 seconds) right after > boot-up << > > As you probably know, this is a process related to Zone Alarm. And > they have had issues with it, off and on, for years. I've had the same > problem myself with it, but the version that's in here right now is > behaving OK and doesn't stall my start-up. But that could change with > the next update. > > Yes, I'm running Zone Alarm Pro and I've come to the same conclusion that it's best to leave things alone. I'm having some minor issues with icons not showing up in notification area of the Start Menu, or is it called the Task Menu? Anyway, it's the area on the right end side of the Start Menu. My real problem is that some times a whole bunch of icons show up in that area and other times only Zone Alarm and Norton Antivirus show up. Each start-up of Windows is a crap shoot as far as the icons are concerned. Sometimes they are all there and next time only two appear. Eliminating Webshots from the list seems to fix the problem, but I can add it back in and things work fine for a while. I thought computers were supposed to work the same way every time.
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