CTHELPER.EXE, along with UpdReg.exe and ADGJJet.exe are installed with the driver package.
I have removed all of those from the Run section of the registry.
CTHELPER is reportedly a helper application that listens for requests from certain types of probably obsolete software and helps perform advanced audio tasks -- whatever that could mean other than audio->out.
UpdReg is reportedly a check and reminder that you have registered or have been reminded to register your Soundblaster product.
ADGJJet kills me. It reportedly specifically is sitting there waiting for you to happen to use a particular version of WinDVD.
I don't use WinDVD and I don't plan to based on this insight.
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Originally Posted by Anonymous
Like you empathy, I also recently did a fresh format and re-install of WinXP (on my older, K6-III+ secondary box).
I installed the latest VIA chipset, ATI display and NIC drivers, then got all the updates from Windows Updates. Similarily, there was no additional SB driver shown/available from Windows Update at any point.
I also was planning on just using the default Windows drivers, hoping I could avoid the VIA chipset/SB Live! crackling issue, but found devldr32.exe kept loading at startup and found this thread when I went to Google to investigate. I read your post(s) and decided to give the updated Creative livedrvuni-pack a shot, just to see what would happen... devldr32.exe has been replaced with cthelper.exe, lol. One step forward, one step backward. Now I've got to research cthelper.exe and find out if it's necessary.
This is the first time I've installed this latest SB driver update on this system so I'm hoping the crackling issue has finally been solved. After I've installed and tested a few games I'll post back and report the results.
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