[somniferum]

Hmm, I guess this thread is as good as any to post a problem Ive been having lately. My computer has been running extremely slow lately, and checking the task manager showed that a program called playdrv.exe is eating up ~60-90% of my system resources. I have no idea what this is, googling playdrv.exe reveals nothing, ditto for searching my harddrive to find out where the file is located. I tried running AVG, spybot, and adaware to no effect. Anyone have an idea what playdrv.exe is?

[Musket]

If you google playdrv (with no .exe) you'll get 4 returns. The first and the 4th look like they're related to your problem. Good luck, it looks like you're gonna have fun. Sorry.

[edchambers]

(a program called playdrv.exe is eating up ~60-90% of my system resources.)

I would start looking for this in Windows Explorer while running in safe mode.Check C: then program files then Windows if you can find it you should be able to delete it.

[an amused spectator]

I'll assume that you have WinXP. Load msconfig.exe to your C:WINDOWS\system32 directory (you can find it on the Net) and uncheck playdrv.exe in the Startup tab. Apply, and restart.

This will kill the startup autoload, and then you can research the Google links provided by Musket.