Comments on: Stop Monitor.exe Hogging CPU

By: Thameem

Thameem — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:43:21 +0000

sorry i tried to follow ur simple solution,but still i cant install my 3d max software.please advise me if any solution.please.thanks

By: Muji

Muji — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:26:26 +0000

1 - click the start button
2 - click Run
3 - type msconfig and hit enter
4 - go to the last tab (startup)
5 - uncheck the box that says monitor
6 - restart

Problem solved

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:39:22 +0000

I too began having the monitor.exe and fan symptoms. It all started after installing my new LG monitor which comes with a program called forteManager, a utility that enables you to make monitor adjustments using the PC rather than the monitor’s external manual controls. Turned out forteManager was the culprit. As soon as I uninstalled it the problems disappeared.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:13:40 +0000

Thanks for the research. I’ve always just killed Monitor.exe. Just to help pair you with Google searches, this was a problem for me on an Acer TravelMate 4200 running Windows XP, and started occurring after replacing second partition with an Ubuntu partition (though any non-Windows FS would likely screw it up).

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:11:52 +0000

Thanks guys - I just did a factory restore on a Acer laptop and tried to remove the D partition in order to have the C drive with the full disk space. After the restore I converted the two partitions over to NTFS and mounted the volume that would have been D as a directory on the C drive (only becuase I couldnt find a way to extend the boot partition to take up the unallocated space - if anyone knows a way to do that I’d appreciate a reply.) Then I got plagued by monitor.exe hogging cpu and every time any used tries to log out eRecovery process would prevent the shutdown unless manually stopped so this problem is definitely related to not having a D drive or rather not having a ‘proper’ D drive as the CD/DVD-rom isnt good enough.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:30:05 +0000

Just a note about dual booting - I had C: AND D: drives AND other partitions for Linux… But I encountered this problem when I removed drive D: to give more space to my Drive C: When I installed linux - I asked the partition program to use empty space 0 OR I shrunk drive D: to give me enough space… My point in saying this is so many other posters seemed to imply that dual booting would make this problem with monitor.exe - but that aint necessarily so…

By: Jr

Jr — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:19:42 +0000

I’ve had this problem for months with my acer. really appreciate you posting the fix for it.

Thanks!

By: nerd.

nerd. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:24:07 +0000

Thanks for the info Steve. If I’m honest I’d rather Acer had given me a clean copy of Windows rather than f**k about with their own proprietary apps. I don’t particularly want backup stuff running all the time - especially not if it means I need a separate partition formatted for Windows. If they’re going to put non-standard software on Windows they should at least warn you and tell you how to turn it off.

By: Steve Cox

Steve Cox — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:36:52 +0000

Microsoft Windows also has a file called Monitor.exe that it uses to monitor hardware for bottlenecks, (found because I recently wondered what Monitor.exe was and went searching for answers). The unfortunate thing it that it is a required operating system file, though not required to run, if it is deleted or disabled it can adversely affect your operating system. For the other file related to Acer’s eRecovery, these programs are designed to store a system image of the system on another partition. Image files are actually required to be stored on a separate, and yes, FAT32 partition by the software to ensure they aren’t corrupted by daily usage of the primary partition. The default for these systems is a D: partition and the software is coded to look for this partition. Arrogant? possibly, but where the hell else are they going to store it, since most image files are too big to store on a floppy and are unable to be stored on a CD due to the dynamic nature of recovery systems these days.

By: Bob Higgs

Bob Higgs — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:10:42 +0000

To stop Monitor exe. from turning back on double click on (My Computer) then click on (Control Panel) then (Folder Options) select (Offline Files) it will have three boxes on the left uncheck the top box that says (Enable Offline Files) done.