I do take a close look at the processes that are running on my system from time to time to make sure that no malicious process snug in. Sometimes I find a new process that I never saw before in the task manager and use the Internet to find out more information about it.
The nvsvc32.exe process was one of those that I did not recognize before and I was wondering what it was doing in there. I suspected it had something to do with my NVIDIA graphics adapter and a quick search told me it was. Nvsvc32.exe is apparently the NVIDIA Driver Helper Service which is a Windows service that is started automatically.
A way to get rid of this process would be to disable the service in Windows XP. Use the command line to start services.msc and disable the service NVIDIA Driver Helper Service. It is normally safe to disable the service but if you encounter any problems afterwards you have to activate it again.
Everything is still working properly on my system. I can use the configuration and all applications and games do work as before.
Some reports on the Internet suggested that this could indeed speed up shutdown and startup time. Some others reported problems with temperature reporting after disabling the service.
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