Jun 29, 2010

Are you looking in you Macintosh OS X Activity Monitor?  Do you see a process called hidd?  What is it?  Why is it consuming cpu and memory? Human Interface Device Daemon The hidd service is the Human Interface Device Daemon.  In fact, the hidd service is required for your Mac to operate properly as it is responsible for the operation of any human input...

Jun 11, 2010

If you, like me are curious about what conhost.exe process is doing in Task Manager, and why it’s running, I’ve got good news!  We know and we’re going to explain it to you! What is conhost.exe? The conhost.exe process fixes a fundamental problem in the way previous versions of Microsoft Windows handled console windows.  In Windows Vista, this...

Jan 9, 2010

If like me, you keep an eye on the Mac OSX Activity Monitor, you’ve likely noticed a process running called securityd and wondered what it is for?  Why is running? Securityd is the Macintosh OSX process that handles and maintains security contexts and arbitrates cryptographic operations and Security Authorizations.  I know I know, what does all that...

Jan 5, 2010

Are you wondering what the mobsync.exe process is doing running in Task Manager or why there’s a green and yellow icon in the Notification Area. Is it possible you have spyware on your PC? Here we will take a look at what it is, and how to disable it if you don’t use the feature.  The good news, it’s not spyware, and it’s not a virus. Note:...

Dec 15, 2009

If you’ve ever looked at your Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista task Manager and you’ve said “What in the heck is that jusched.exe process that is always running?” then I am here to answer that question for you! What it is, is a simple little process that runs all the time, just to check once a week, or once a month to check if...