![]() ![]() Having stuff in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run is legitimate. If the unsignedness of the files is not the reason for their removal, maybe ctzapxx.exe is just being thorough? Well, if this is true, Creative can suck my dick because that utility has no business removing something which is not related to the X-Fi drivers or Creative in any way. I am speculating here, but if that is the reason ctzapxx.exe removes them, Creative should just stop releasing stuff right now, because many of their binaries are unsigned too. This file can cause nwiz.exe application error and nwiz.exe High Disk Usage. In Autoruns, both these utilities' exe files show up as unsigned. nwiz.exe is a part of the NVIDIA nView Wizard. If you choose the latter, it does what it says, but it also removes NetMeter and HDDThermometer from HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (for some reason, it has stopped removing D-Tools). When you run it as a standalone application, it allows you to either install drivers and overwrite the old ones or uninstall the drivers and delete everything Creative-related. There is no detailed description of this service. The nview.dll file is not a Windows core file. dll file can be injected to all running processes and can change or manipulate their behavior. The driver installer runs a utility called ctzapxx.exe. dll file (Dynamic Link Library) is a special type of Windows program containing functions that other programs can call. So, the conclusion is that the installer for the X-Fi drivers version fucks with legitimately installed software at least on my system, Windows XP32 SP3, and removes their entries from HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunĮdit: Apologies to Creative. The mouse pointer flashed the little hourglass animation many, many times before Windows finally displayed the saving settings screen, but it had taken like 2-3 minutes for this to happen.Īnd then when the machine started again, I couldn't change the soundcard's mode and I couldn't launch the console launcher.Īnyway, removed everything Creative related, rebooted, reinstalled the drivers and checked with the Microsoft Sysinternals utility Autoruns if the startup entries for the above-mentioned programs were there still. This is normally quite speedy on my system, but for some reason it lingered. Adjusting and organizing windows in my screen is a boring and often time-consuming daily task that takes time away from my work, especially when. Now when I clicked Start and then Restart, the system started shutting down, or so I thought. NVIDIA RTX Desktop Manager software allows you to manage single or multi-monitor workspaces with ease, giving you maximum flexibility and control over your display real estate and desktops. ![]() I wanted to restart my system again just to see if the problem was gone. I opened up each program and enabled them to start with Windows. The nView Wizard provides Control Panel interface and integration for Nvidia based GPUs. There really should be nothing there (IMO).So, I decided to update my X-Fi drivers to the latest version released on June 26th.ĭuring the install, my personal firewall asked me to allow the setup program to run regsvr32, fine, doing stuff in the registry is normal for a driver install.Īfter the compulsory reboot, I notice that three items are gone from my systray: NetMeter (a program to monitor network traffic), HDDThermometer (a SMART temperature monitor) and D-Tools lite (virtual drive). To check what's in your regular startup folder go Start -> Programs -> Startup. However, I have to manually open and enable it every time my computer is booted. To fix your registry run regedit.exe and look under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURR ENT_VERSION\ you want to see what's in Run, Runonce, RunOnceEx or anythign else that starts with the word "Run" and post it here. 1 I have nView Desktop Manager 146.33 installed on my computer, and I use it to manage windows across my screens. I'd delete the registry keys for it and they would be back in a few seconds.Īnd go to the Startup tab and look for anything that's not supposed to be there (better yet post what you have there so we can evaluate it). I once had a virus that was particularly hard to remove because it added a scheduler task to reinstall itself. Also look for any entries in your scheduler. Also check your startup stiff in your startup folder, registry, and msconfig to see if there is anything there that there isn't supposed to be. Check for an additional entry in your dial up networking. Probably wouldn't hurt if you had the Windows98SE dial up networking patch. A lot of that kind of crap installs itself there. Before you run the scan as per Viral, delete your internet cache and and temporary files (i.e. ![]()
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