i installed windowsmedia player 10 and...

Zatrix · Nov 26, 2004

i got this new exe called wdfmgr.exe

i really hate it when new exes appear in my process list on start up.

is this a virus or part of media player?

if its part of media player can i get rid of it?

theres no need for it to start up.

Xenocide · Nov 26, 2004

hot damn google is amazing. what would you know, three seconds of clicking and typing got me this

Process File: wdfmgr or wdfmgr.exe
Process Name: Windows Driver Foundation Manager

Description:
wdfmgr.exe is part of Microsoft Windows media player 10 and above. This process decreases compatibility problems whilst the product is in use. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

Absolute Zero · Nov 26, 2004

Why does M$ always add all these processes to take up system resources just for the sake of convinience? I hope longhorn has an option to strip down windows. Let me decide about my dependencies...

Xenocide · Nov 26, 2004

i doubt it will, but we can still pray

then again, you can opt to not install windows media player 10....

ever think of that?

Zatrix · Nov 26, 2004

i got rid of it because i dont need it and anything i dont need could be a virus.

i scan my computer 4 times before turning it off EVERY DAY.

thats how paranoid i am

i may be paranoid but atleast im 99% safe.

Zatrix · Nov 26, 2004

and i check to make sure no processes are added.

ive memorized each process AND serivice im suppose to have. so if anything is added i know.

XWRed1 · Nov 26, 2004

Absolute Zero said:
Why does M$ always add all these processes to take up system resources just for the sake of convinience? I hope longhorn has an option to strip down windows. Let me decide about my dependencies...

People use Windows precisely because it has those conveniences.

Absolute Zero · Nov 26, 2004

But since we are basically forced to use this operating system, I would like to have the option of stripping it down for speed instead of convinience. Believe me, I am capable of taking care of my own dependencies. If I couldn't, I should never be allowed to hold the #2 Phillips around a computer ever again.

XWRed1 · Nov 26, 2004

But since we are basically forced to use this operating system

Less people are forced to use it than those who think they are forced to, I think.

Xenocide · Nov 26, 2004

Zatrix

little too paranoid aren't we?

Daewood · Nov 26, 2004

4 times a day

that seems like a waste to me the most i do is once or twice a week and it keeps my compy completely clean

Absolute Zero · Nov 26, 2004

I use Linux for everything except for the one thing I do the most on my computer, gaming. That is the single reason why I am forced to use Windows, and truth be told, the only reason it is installed in my computer.

willkill1337 · Nov 26, 2004

Hey, I installed Windows Media Player 10 and realised how good Winamp is :clap:

XWRed1 · Nov 26, 2004

Which games do you play?

I get by _ok_ doing my gaming on Linux.

Absolute Zero · Nov 26, 2004

well, hl2, cs:s, cs, hl, and the killer, halo. I can wine most of them, but the performance hit kills me. Literally, in CS.

XWRed1 · Nov 28, 2004

On my gf2 ultra, I was able to run CS in wine around 90fps in 1024 with FSAA. I have a 5900FX now, it shouldn't be strenuous for me at all.

Halflife has always been a piece of cake for me in wine.

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