odd .exe dialog boxes at startup

[mo' power]

Greetings all, Whenever I reboot my pc, I get two dialog boxes that pop up asking me to run or cancel.

The first is C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HsMgr.exe

It doesn't matter if I click run, cancel or close the box. It doesn't seem to have any ill effects.

The second one pops up after I close the first. C:\Windows\system\HsMgr64.exe.

I've tried googling, but everything I read seems to go nowhere. Does anyone have any ideas as to what these programs are? Has anyone else here had this problem? I'm running windows 7 64 oem home premium. Any thoughts or suggestions? These boxes are annoying. Thanks.

[Dr_BenD_over]

Looks like they're drivers for your soundcard, check for updates.

[mo' power]

I have the most recent drivers installed for my auzentech xplosion. Should I try a uninstall/reinstall?

[Dr_BenD_over]

Apparently some people just disabled these at startup and it solved their issues, you can always try that for yucks.

[TimTheEnchanter]

Reinstalling audio drivers wouldn't hurt, i guess, worth a try, in my opinion.

[JD]

Yeah part of C-Media drivers. Back when Windows 7 came out there was some issues with those processes, and it prevented any 32bit app from running. That was fun figuring that one out.

They should run automatically. Do you have UAC on? And if so, is that the pop-ups your describing?

[MacJunky]

Originally Posted by jdrom17

Yeah part of C-Media drivers. Back when Windows 7 came out there was some issues with those processes, and it prevented any 32bit app from running. That was fun figuring that one out.

As someone who had that problem with HsMgr.exe (HsMgr64.exe is ok though)...
******* **** goddammit jesusfuckingchristintheass aksjdhfbkn vxc.m,nviokuvrhuaghvyb
>_<

I do not remember what was required to get my remaining HsMgr64.exe to run without pestering me though.

[mo' power]

The first thing I did was disable UAC when I installed windows 7. I did manage to figure it out. Since the driver was downloaded, windows blocked access to the executables. I simply went to the system files and checked "allow". Pop-ups are gone. Thanks for all your help guys.

[JD]

Originally Posted by MacJunky

As someone who had that problem with HsMgr.exe (HsMgr64.exe is ok though)...
******* **** goddammit jesusfuckingchristintheass aksjdhfbkn vxc.m,nviokuvrhuaghvyb
>_<

I do not remember what was required to get my remaining HsMgr64.exe to run without pestering me though.

With my Xonar DX it was merely a quick patch ASUS released that updated the HsMgr files. Though ASUS has since released new driver packages which don't suffer this problem.

[MacJunky]

Yea, at the time for me Auzentech had not released updated drivers.