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    From Dennis@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 23 15:23:50 2024
    In Task Manager on the Startup tab I have an item listed only as "Pb".
    It shows as "Enabled", "Not measured". When I right-click "Open file
    location" and "Properties" are disabled.

    Any idea what this might be? I looked at my wife's Win10 PC and it does
    not have this item.

    I didn't want to disable it without more info.

    TIA.

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    Dennis

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  • From VanguardLH@21:1/5 to Dennis on Thu May 23 15:54:06 2024
    Dennis <[email protected]d> wrote:

    In Task Manager on the Startup tab I have an item listed only as "Pb".
    It shows as "Enabled", "Not measured". When I right-click "Open file location" and "Properties" are disabled.

    Any idea what this might be? I looked at my wife's Win10 PC and it does
    not have this item.

    I didn't want to disable it without more info.

    In the address bar of File Explorer, enter:

    For your Start Menu entries:
    shell:start menu
    For your Startup subfolder there:
    shell:startup

    Do you find the Pb entry there? If so, right-click on it to see if you
    can look at its Properties.

    The above will show your Start Menu and Startup folders under your
    profile for your Windows account. To see the programs list for All
    Users, use:

    For the All Users Start Menu:
    shell:common apps
    For the All Users Startup folder:
    shell:common startup

    You can also use SysInternals (acquired by Microsoft) AutoRuns to look
    at all startup entries to get info on them.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

    Pb (element Plumbum) = lead. Lead is poisonous. Might not be something
    you want, but could be a legit product using just its initials.

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  • From Dennis@21:1/5 to VanguardLH on Thu May 23 17:43:42 2024
    On Thu, 23 May 2024 15:54:06 -0500, VanguardLH <[email protected]> wrote:

    You can also use SysInternals (acquired by Microsoft) AutoRuns to look
    at all startup entries to get info on them.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

    I dl'ed and ran autoruns. I immediately saw an entry for PerfectBackup,
    which I had installed and uninstalled 6 months ago. I deleted it and the
    item on Task Manager's Startup tab disappeared. Apparently the uninstall
    missed a registry entry.

    Thanks much!

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    Dennis

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  • From Newyana2@21:1/5 to Dennis on Thu May 23 17:47:43 2024
    On 5/23/2024 3:23 PM, Dennis wrote:
    In Task Manager on the Startup tab I have an item listed only as "Pb".
    It shows as "Enabled", "Not measured". When I right-click "Open file location" and "Properties" are disabled.

    Any idea what this might be? I looked at my wife's Win10 PC and it does
    not have this item.

    I didn't want to disable it without more info.

    Very suspcious. Download Autoruns and find it in there.
    That should give you more information.

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