Like many people, it's so easy to experience problems with your system and, even for the most advanced user, it's difficult to figure what is the root cause of the problem. As an example, I can't install Office 2007 SP2, however many applications are closed when I run the installer. The Adobe updater struggles to update installed apps and the Apple automatic updater is the same. What applications are causing these installers to stop functioning?
One problem is the many applications that launch with your computer. Install software on your PC and they will attempt to start modules and other 'helpers' when you start your PC. Worse, the installers add services that start automatically with your computer and most users won't know how to stop these services. Some don't uninstall when you remove them from your computer, too.
Starter 5.6.2.9 is a popular free tool that you can use to see which applications start with your computer and, if you do not need them any more, disable them. You can also check through your services and see if there are any you can disable, particularly if they are not valid on your computer.
Starter link.
27 May 2009
