newbie
March 4th, 2006, 06:56 PM
For a long time now, I've had a running task/program in the Task List (Ctrl+Alt+Del) called "osd". Every time I close it (which is every time I boot up), my PC runs better -- fewer hangups, less problems with slow mouse, etc. I looked it up on the site www.answersthatwork.com (http://www.answersthatwork.com) and they say it is:
Netropa’s OnScreen Display System Tray icon which comes installed on a number of blue-chip manufacturers’ PCs, such as DELL, Compaq, HP, IBM, Acer. Etc… If you right-click on the icon you can change the colour or font of your display, and you can also modify other display settings, such as the display frequency, etc...
Recommendation :
This icon simply adds to the clutter of the system tray – it adds nothing that you cannot do by going into the Display Settings in the Control Panel. Worse, OSD interferes with games which change the volume during the game, it has significant compatibility problems with some graphics drivers, and it causes some screen savers to crash.
My problem is I can't figure out how to remove it so it doesn't start automatically. It does not appear in the Startup tabs of the MSCONFIG. The only thing with Netropa in the name on that list has to do with the Keyboard. I don't know where else to look. Any ideas?? Thanks very much.
Netropa’s OnScreen Display System Tray icon which comes installed on a number of blue-chip manufacturers’ PCs, such as DELL, Compaq, HP, IBM, Acer. Etc… If you right-click on the icon you can change the colour or font of your display, and you can also modify other display settings, such as the display frequency, etc...
Recommendation :
This icon simply adds to the clutter of the system tray – it adds nothing that you cannot do by going into the Display Settings in the Control Panel. Worse, OSD interferes with games which change the volume during the game, it has significant compatibility problems with some graphics drivers, and it causes some screen savers to crash.
My problem is I can't figure out how to remove it so it doesn't start automatically. It does not appear in the Startup tabs of the MSCONFIG. The only thing with Netropa in the name on that list has to do with the Keyboard. I don't know where else to look. Any ideas?? Thanks very much.