Windows Startup Task Trends for American Megatrends Inc.

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Windows Startup Task Trends for American Megatrends Inc.

% PCs	Display Name	Started From	Command
7.03%	ctfmon.exe	User Registry	C:\Windows\System32\ctfmon.exe
4.22%	QuickTime Task	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe -atboottime
3.70%	swg	User Registry	C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
3.67%	WindowsWelcomeCenter	User Registry	rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomeCenter
3.65%	Windows Defender	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
3.65%	Sidebar	User Registry	C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /detectMem
3.55%	HotKeysCmds	Machine Registry	C:\Windows\System32\hkcmd.exe
3.44%	NvCplDaemon	Machine Registry	rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
3.42%	HP Digital Imaging Monitor	Common Start Menu	C:\Program Files\HP\DIGITA~1\bin\hpqtra08.exe
3.31%	MSMSGS	User Registry	C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe /background
3.00%	HP Software Update	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe
2.87%	iTunesHelper	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
2.67%	TkBellExe	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe -osboot
2.53%	IgfxTray	Machine Registry	C:\Windows\System32\igfxtray.exe
2.38%	Sidebar	User Registry	C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
2.23%	NvMediaCenter	Machine Registry	rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
2.21%	ccApp	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
2.17%	Adobe Reader Speed Launcher	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
2.04%	Other		Other
1.98%	SunJavaUpdateSched	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe
1.97%	Persistence	Machine Registry	C:\Windows\System32\igfxpers.exe
1.95%	AVG8_TRAY	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe
1.94%	RecGuard	Machine Registry	%WINDOWS%\SMINST\RECGUARD.EXE
1.73%	KBD	Machine Registry	C:\hp\kbd\kbd.exe
1.70%	Adobe Reader Speed Launcher	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe
1.67%	Alcmtr	Machine Registry	ALCMTR.EXE
1.66%	hpsysdrv	Machine Registry	%WINDOWS%\system\hpsysdrv.exe
1.66%	ehtray.exe	User Registry	%WINDOWS%\eHome\ehtray.exe
1.66%	SoundMan	Machine Registry	SOUNDMAN.EXE
1.43%	AGRSMMSG	Machine Registry	AGRSMMSG.exe
1.36%	WMPNSCFG	User Registry	C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe
1.31%	mcagent_exe	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe /runkey
1.30%	ps2	Machine Registry	C:\Windows\System32\ps2.EXE
1.17%	RtHDVCpl	Machine Registry	RtHDVCpl.exe
1.04%	Skytel	Machine Registry	Skytel.exe
1.00%	RTHDCPL	Machine Registry	RTHDCPL.exe
1.00%	ehTray	Machine Registry	%WINDOWS%\eHome\ehtray.exe
0.94%	RtHDVCpl	Machine Registry	RAVCpl64.exe
0.87%	AlcWzrd	Machine Registry	ALCWZRD.EXE
0.86%	ATIPTA	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe
0.86%	AppleSyncNotifier	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleSyncNotifier.exe
0.86%	IAAnotif	Machine Registry	C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\IAAnotif.exe
0.84%	HPAdvisor	User Registry	C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Advisor\HPAdvisor.exe autorun=AUTORUN
0.83%	Bluetooth	Common Start Menu	C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\BLUETO~1\BTTray.exe
0.81%	VTTimer	Machine Registry	VTTimer.exe
0.80%	AlcxMonitor	Machine Registry	ALCXMNTR.EXE
0.78%	nwiz	Machine Registry	nwiz.exe /install
0.77%	oakley	User Start Menu	oakley.dll
0.77%	nwc.cpl	User Start Menu	nwc.cpl.manifest
0.77%	nwprovau	User Start Menu	nwprovau.dll

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