the system file is growing -could the culprit be internet explorer
- From: Jeff <Jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:43:01 -0800
Question -- is the proc mon the same as the process explorer? I have the
sysinternals process explorer -- I am not sure whether this is the same
thing...
I suspect that it could be internet explorer8 related. After I wrote my
original question I noticed that the system file grew a bit. It grew from 8mb
to 11mb :) Then I optimized again and brought it down. Have you heard of
something like this?
Thanks
"Paul" wrote:
Jeff wrote:.
Hi,
I recently asked why my system file is 200mb -- I used your advice and used
NTRGOPT and this brought it down to about 8mb.
Now I notice that my system file is gradually growing again. Wen I use
NTREGOPT it comes back down, but this is not a permanent solution. What can I
do to keep the file from growing? How can I check what is happening? I looked
in error logs and system logs and there is nothing listed at the time that
the file was modified.
I appreciate your help with this.
Thanks
Process Monitor
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
Run it and set the filter condition to
"Operation" "begins with" "reg"
and apply.
ProcMon will undoubtedly log a lot of extraneous activity, but if
the bloat is as bad as you describe, there should be lots of the bad
operations occurring. That might be the dominant, or virtually only,
activity going on with the registry. Like maybe 99% of the entries
you log, will be the bad thing happening.
Sysinternals also has a forum area, and if you use a search engine
that can be pointed at a single host (altavista.com), you can
search the site for better instructions than I can give, for
the best way to set up ProcMon.
http://forum.sysinternals.com/
http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_topics.asp?FID=19 (ProcMon)
Another word of warning. Sysinternals programs play with the innards
of Windows OSes. If you're using AV software, the instant you start
programs like ProcMon, the AV software can get in a fight with
ProcMon (freeze city). That used to happen on my other computer, which was
running Kaspersky. I used to sort the AV programs on that computer, into
"freeze" and "don't freeze" folders, to make it easier to figure out
which Sysinternals programs were safe to run. So the first time you
try it, quit any other programs first, just to be on the safe side.
You don't want to lose any edit sessions you might have open.
Good luck,
Paul
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