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    Are these processes necessary?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by blackmamba, Jul 20, 2007.

  1. blackmamba

    blackmamba Notebook Evangelist

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    I'd tried googling but didn't get a clear answer.

    I just updated my Intel wireless network connections and now, I have a few more processes I didn't have before.

    Intel PROset/Wireless Event log(EvtEng.exe) - is this process necessary to keep running? I did terminate it and nothing happened.

    Intel PROSet/Wireless Registry Services (RegSrvc.exe) - Same thing. Is this a necessary process? I terminated it, set it to manuel, and nothing happened.

    Windows Wireless Lan 802.XX Extensibility Framework (wlanext.exe) What in the heck is this? Its taking up around 10k of memory. Please tell me I don't need this running.

    Before, I didn't have any of these running but after I just updated my Intel Drivers, they have appeared.

    Someone shed some light. :)
     
    blackmamba, Jul 20, 2007
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  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    just do a clean install of windows, update windows, install the drivers you need, and keep tabs on the processes that are running.

    leave those alone.

    anything else that comes up, you can inspect.

    if you have a question about any process, or want to find out what it does, you can go to

    http://www.processlibrary.com/

    or several other websites. just search "svhost.exe" (or another standard process most people know nothing about) on google, any of the first few that come up are good.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 20, 2007
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  3. blackmamba

    blackmamba Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah I wish I could do a clean install of Windows. Unfortunately, Sony didn't give me a install cd.
     
    blackmamba, Jul 20, 2007
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hijackthis is another site that can evaluate your services. Requires running a program and posting on their forum.
     
    blue68f100, Jul 21, 2007
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  5. Sucka

    Sucka Notebook Consultant

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    Just uninstall the Intel Pro or whatever they call it software, and then download the latest drivers straight from Intel's site, go into device manager, right click the wireless device, update driver, search for driver yourself, specify the folder in which the drivers are located, update, and it will only install the drivers. You don't want any of the Intel software crap installed, doesn't do anything. Windows can manage the connection just fine on its own so long as you install the drivers.
     
    Sucka, Jul 22, 2007
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