what are these 2 processes

cisvc.exe and mspmspsv.exe

and can anyone provide me with a site that has info on background processes? thanks all.

 

BlackViper

 

's okay. I've been terribly, absolutely, massively WRONG a couple of times here recently, and you haven't, so you get cut slack automatically and I don't.

(Boy, is my face ever red. Fortunately, ignorance can be cured with just a little education. Stupidity is forever.)

 

thanks alot for your help

 

another two sites you can use to find out about processes

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm

and


http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm

 

from answers that work website

mspmspsv.exe ------


Microsoft’s WMDM PMSP Service, aka Windows Media Device Manager Pre-Message Security Protocol Service. From our tests this service only appears in the Task List if you have done a Windows Update and updated Windows Media Player with the 26-Jun-2002 Security Update Q320920. This services enables Windows Media Player to support the SDMI protocol (Secure Digital Music Initiative) when copying CDs or packaging copyrighted downloaded music to SDMI compliant music players and storage devices.

Recommendation :
This process takes at least 1.2Mb of memory, yet at the time of writing, November 2002, most users do not use any of the SDMI features of Windows Media Player. Therefore, if you are such a user, we advise that you disable this process with Startup Manager under Windows 9x/ME, or set this service to manual in Windows 2000/XP. You can always re-enable it if you start needing to use some of the SDMI features of Windows Media Player.

cisvc------

Content Index Service first seen in Windows 2000 Server with Microsoft Index Service 3, and then in Windows XP. CISVC is a safeguard process which monitors the memory consumption of CIDAEMON above. If CIDAEMON exceeds 40Mb of memory usage, CISVC automatically terminates CIDAEMON and then restarts it. This mechanism prevents the PC/Server from reaching a low memory situation and a resulting slow down in processing.

Recommendation :
Leave alone.




hope this helps

 

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