From time to time, I get a popup saying, among other things, that the programs shown are slowing me down, with a bar showing how much they are slowing me down.
The longest bar is always Juice. However, it only runs for about 10 minutes per day (it's my podcast manager), and when it has downloaded my day's podcasts, I shut it down. I have checked Windows Task Manager, and its process is no longer running. While it is running, it isn't slowing me down because it is the only thing running, so there's nothing else to be slowed down. Can somebody please explain this to me?
The next longest bar is Digital TV Tuner device registration. I have been seeing this for years - but I am not aware of having any digital TV tuner in my PC. When I look under Programs and Features, I can't see any program name that suggests being a TV tuner. How can I find the source of this message?
As an aside, there's an issue with this message board also. When I submitted this message, it pointed out that I had not filled in the subject line. After I did that, I was lucky to notice that the attachment had disappeared and needed re-attaching.
The same goes for Adobe Acrobat. When I look at Processes in Task Manager, I guess that's "Acroread32.exe" - but when I sort on CPU usage, it is never near the top, and always reads "00%" of CPU usage.
What is Avast suggesting I do with these programs? If I run a scan, it pulls these programs out and asks "Resolve?" I would never dare to say Yes, for fear that Avast will resolve the situation by deleting them, and at least some of them are programs that I use.
