[Ham-Computers] ID OS Running Processes

[Jeramy Ross]

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On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> Group,
>
> OS is W2K SP4 and latest patches.  Running at boot time that I know of are a
> number of things including Norton IS 2003, Norton Ghost, MS SQL Server (for a
> known application), EasyMedia 7 w/DragToDisk, and an audio (SoundMAX) and
> video (ATI) control panels.  Looking in Task Manager/Processes, I see some
> processes I can't ID.  The ones for the basic OS and the known running apps I have
> mostly identified.  Most are shown as all lower case or at most with the first
> letter capitalized.  Can anyone ID the following?:
>
> WINLOGON.EXE

WinLogon.exe is the login manager.  It handles the Logon/logoff 
proceedures on your system.

> SERVICES.EXE

Services.exe manages the operation of starting and stopping services. It 
starts them up at boot-up (if they are set to startup at that time) and 
stops them during shut-down.

> LSASS.EXE

LSASS.exe is a part of the security mechanism.  It specifically deals with 
local security and login policies.

> NISUM.EXE

NISUM.exe is associated with Norton Internet Security and Norton Personal 
Firewall.  It is a background process that collects information about the 
traffic that is passing the firewall.

> PQV2iSvc.exe

PQV2iSvc.exe belongs to Norton Ghost and is related to it's disk imaging.

> NPROTECT.EXE

NPROTECT.exe is another Norton process - Norton Protection Status.

> SMAgent.exe

SMAgent.exe is an audio software suite that is installed alongside 
SoundMAX products.

> CCPXYSVC.EXE

CCPXYSVC.exe is another part of Norton's AV and Firewall fuctionallity.

> SMax4PNP.exe

SMax4PMP.exe is the SoundMax agent.  This process usually puts a icon in 
the system try that allows you quick access to some of the features of the 
SoundMax software.

> SMax4.exe

SMax4.exe is a process belonging to the SoundMAX control center.

> jusched.exe

jusched.exe is a process that is a part of Sun Microsystems Java2 suite 
(Usually installed when a user installs the JRE for java functionallity in 
a web browser).  It checks for/installs Java2 updates from Sun (Sun Java 
Update Scheduler).

Hope that helps.

Best wishes,
Jeramy Ross KB5WHV