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    Hi, my Dell Inspiron 4150, was slowed recently. Windows task manager showed the CPU was 100% occupied for long periods with apdproxy.exe taking 98% of the activity.
    could you please advise how this can be managed?
    thanks,
    john s
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    Hello.
    Name: adobe photo downloader
    Filename: apdproxy.exe

    This is a valid program but it is not required to run on startup.

    This program is not required to start automatically as you can run it when you need to. It is advised that you disable this program so that it does not take up necessary resources. The following information is a brief description of what is known about this file.
    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/star...exe-14070.html

    Hope that helps, if it doesn't you might want to post a log so someone can take a look at the system.

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    Hi John,

    If you really want to disable the prozess - install Autoruns from http://www.sysinternals.com/

    and disable it's logon.
    Hope that helped.

    Quote Originally Posted by john s View Post
    Hi, my Dell Inspiron 4150, was slowed recently. Windows task manager showed the CPU was 100% occupied for long periods with apdproxy.exe taking 98% of the activity.
    could you please advise how this can be managed?
    thanks,
    john s

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    I am experiencing similar problem, having installed Photoshop Elemets 5. What is the best way of disabling this on Start Up. If I use msconfig I get a regular message saying I have altered arrangements and inviting me to restore to default. I have had a look at Autoruns, but am always nervous about adding additional programs

    tks

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    What happens if you accept the changes made?

    msconfig is not the best way to disable programs from starting up...

    Try this tool if you're not comfortable with autoruns.

    Windows Startup inspector. It is really easy to use.

    http://www.windowsstartup.com/isw2.exe
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    This is a very neat utility and is just the job. Many thanks for bringing it to my attention

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