You're welcome Kacman! :-)

"updreg.exe" reminds you to register Creative Labs software; and
hpcmpmgr.exe is the main process of the HP Component Manager.

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"Kacman" <Kacman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B051CE74-C3C5-4223-9707-8D91914E625A@microsoft.com...
| Thanks Jimmy!! I found out that if I disable two programs during startup my
| games run fine. The two programs are updreg and hpcmpmgr. Do you know what
| these programs are and do?
|
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| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
| > Hi,
| > "Kacman" <Kacman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BE69571B-FFBC-40CB-956C-B38E8F051508@microsoft.com...
| > | After playing games for a short period of time, windows dumps to the desktop
| > | and the game keeps running in the background. This happens with all games.
| > | Any idea what is happening?
| >
| > Here are some solutions (and workarounds) to deal with the problem where games minimize to the Task Bar.
| >
| > 1. Install and/or play the game using an administrator account.
| >
| > 2. Keyboard software has been known to cause this problem. One player
| > posted that by un-installing their Trust Silverline Direct Access keyboard
| > software, all their games worked again without minimizing to the Task Bar.
| >
| > 3. Norton's AntiVirus (Internet Security) can cause the problem as well. The
| > workaround is to disable the program. To do so, right click it's Tray icon.
| > One person wrote: "I just went to the Norton Anti-virus options, and turned
| > off the Liveupdate auto update option. It worked like a charm for me."
| >
| > 4. One person wrote: "I finally found that if I open the command line, cd to
| > the directory, then type the program name, it works!!!"
| >
| > 5. Yet another workaround is to click the screen after you launch the game.
| >
| > If the problem persists, please try these additional troubleshooting steps. :-)
| >
| > The most common causes for that problem can be solved with
| > these few steps. If the problem persists after you've tried these,
| > please post back and we'll try some more solutions. Good luck! :-)
| >
| > A. To see if it's a software conflict: Temporarily disable Startup
| > programs one at a time, starting with Firewall, Antivirus, and ad
| > blockers using: http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php
| >
| > You can lookup what a program does before you disable it here:
| > http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
| >
| > B. Run a virus scan at: http://housecall.antivirus.com Afterwards
| > Download & Run Spybot from: http://security.kolla.de to find any
| > Trojans, Adware, or Spyware which could clog up your system.
| >
| > C. Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
| > / Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
| > the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.
| >
| > D. Go to the Windows Update site for everything under Critical and
| > Recommended: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Some games
| > require a patch: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
| >
| > E. Update DirectX and your Chipset, Sound, &Video Drivers:
| > For all Video / DirectX / Game and Hardware Issues, I have a
| > Checklist of Solutions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| > MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=sz;en-us;top
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > __________________________________________________ _______
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