Vista - Apparent Rogue Process

04-30-2008

During the course of today I have noticed a considerable degredation in
system performance. On checking task manager I have found a process
("agent.exe") that is running and gradually using more and more memory.
Having checked MSCONFIG this would not appear to be a start-up process.
However, when I terminate the process, it automatically restarts and repeats
the memory hugging all over again.

How can I :-

1) Establish what is triggering this process and
2) Prevent it from running.

Thanks,
--
Gary

05-01-2008

Gary Watts wrote:

Quote:

> During the course of today I have noticed a considerable degredation
> in system performance. On checking task manager I have found a process
> ("agent.exe") that is running and gradually using more and more
> memory. Having checked MSCONFIG this would not appear to be a
> start-up process. However, when I terminate the process, it
> automatically restarts and repeats the memory hugging all over again.
>
> How can I :-
>
> 1) Establish what is triggering this process and
> 2) Prevent it from running.

You'd be better off asking in a Windows-related newsgroup/forum - this one
is for the .net framework.

(Hint: you might want to google for agent.exe before looking for a more
relevant newsgroup.)

Andrew

04-30-2008	#1 (permalink)
Gary Watts n/a posts	Apparent Rogue Process During the course of today I have noticed a considerable degredation in system performance. On checking task manager I have found a process ("agent.exe") that is running and gradually using more and more memory. Having checked MSCONFIG this would not appear to be a start-up process. However, when I terminate the process, it automatically restarts and repeats the memory hugging all over again. How can I :- 1) Establish what is triggering this process and 2) Prevent it from running. Thanks, -- Gary
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05-01-2008	#2 (permalink)
Andrew Morton n/a posts	Re: Apparent Rogue Process Gary Watts wrote: Quote: > During the course of today I have noticed a considerable degredation > in system performance. On checking task manager I have found a process > ("agent.exe") that is running and gradually using more and more > memory. Having checked MSCONFIG this would not appear to be a > start-up process. However, when I terminate the process, it > automatically restarts and repeats the memory hugging all over again. > > How can I :- > > 1) Establish what is triggering this process and > 2) Prevent it from running. You'd be better off asking in a Windows-related newsgroup/forum - this one is for the .net framework. (Hint: you might want to google for agent.exe before looking for a more relevant newsgroup.) Andrew
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