CTHelper

[Topha]

What is that for? Im asking because it sometimes causes problems by hogging all my cpu power in winXP pro. Can i just remove it from the autostart?

[Paddy]

Creative Labs ?

[Admiral]

so it seems
I usually remove it from startup

[Tempest]

Yes, it's Creative... It's (probably) some kind of helper app for WinDVD. If you don't use WinDVD, feel free to remove it. Shouldn't have too much effect, although it may also affect some speaker settings elsewhere.

Edit: The place where I usually go to find out about Creative's bloatware is Creative's European support forums at http://uk.europe.creative.com/suppor...ms/welcome.asp. Go to "Search" (NOT the big one at the top of the page, but the small link below the password box) and enter the app name as the string to search for.

[Topha]

thanks

[Gurm]

Yes, this is definitely a big ugly piece of poop from Creative.

I'm not even sure it really does much for WinDVD. Probably some quick-n-dirty AC3 downmix override or some such. Bleh.

The only thing by Creative that runs in my startup is the volume slider.

- Gurm

[lecter]

Yeah, the Surround Mixer is pretty useful in the SysTray, but that's about it.