Re: java.exe on XP

From: Ryan Stewart (zzanNOtozz_at_gSPAMo.com)
Date: 02/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 07:35:21 -0600

"Neinstein" <neinstein@spam.sink> wrote in message
news:40388d9b$0$28869$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> My XP system has slowed down a lot lately and looking at the process list
it
> seems the java.exe process is largely responsible. Can anyone tell me how
to
> turn this bugger off so it won't execute at startup? It seems to be using
> the CPU on and off, so the graph has a sawtooth look.
>
> thanks
>
>
You can "turn it off" by killing the process, but then you'll lose whatever
program it's running. Tomcat uses it, for one. To permanently disable it,
find out which program *is* using it and stop it from starting
automatically.