Hi, just a little concern: When I was using Windows XP I always had the alg.exe process running, now in Windows 7 x64 (SP1) it's not active. Is that a normal condition?
Starting at the bottom XP, and its service packs had a setting of Manual (Started).
Then from XP Pro x64 to present it is only set to Manual.
You do not want to disable or stop the service.