Winamp Agent TSR

[ElmoTheGreat]

I have a question about the winamp quick-start agent (WINAMPa.EXE). Specifically; why does the TSR remain active as a running task, even though the agent is disabled in the Winamp settings?

The reason I ask, is because the TSR constantly writes data to the hard drive, effectively preventing defrag from running.

It took me a while to pinpoint the TSR as the cause, so I didn't bother to trace further to discover what data is actually being written. I simply removed the run command from the registry to prevent the TSR from loading. I figured it might be easier to ask what necessary task this TSR might be performing, rather than go through the exhaustive process of finding out for myself. Especially since the program seems to load faster, and run better without the TSR loaded. Also (as is the case with the RealPlayer agent) I have less trouble with other programs crashing when the TSR is not resident.

If this TSR was intended to be part of a quick-load routine, then it is ultimately failing in it's intended purpose. If it is tracking my activities, then I am NOT amused! If it is in fact performing some necessary function, then I think that someone should look into a different method of performing this process, since it is affecting a critical windows function.

Please reply with any information you may have.

Thank you,

Elmo