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Question about the SL Loader

Sting McMahon
Registered User
Join date: 26 Sep 2007
Posts: 9
08-04-2009 13:28
There is something I found casually when I was waiting to having SL loaded before the login window.
So I clicked Alt+Tab, to check if SL was already in the list of loading and I saw a program (with the classic icon of the anonym programs, like the SL loader), but it was called "Dummy".
I've been a little, curious about the name, and I kept the alt+tab thingy to see if it was going to change name.
when I checked in the task manager to see if a program called "Dummy" was on, I didn't found it and SL loaded.
I did a virus and anti-malware scan,but I found nothing, so the question is:
Does the sl loader has a part of it's "life" called Dummy for the detection of the hardware? :)
Dante Tucker
Purple
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 806
08-05-2009 02:30
Alt+Tab does not show program names. It only shows the names of currently active windows.

A single program can have multiple windows, and change the names of those windows at will. Some programs never display a window at all.


All this aside. I can say the window you saw does belong to the Second Life process.
Sting McMahon
Registered User
Join date: 26 Sep 2007
Posts: 9
08-05-2009 10:23
Yes I know about program names on alt+tab, thank you for the answer :)