gregsskipper,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.

Malware disguises itself sometimes as "mysqld.exe" and would have to be removed.

It is also a windows service.

You can  turn off the service itself by following the steps below

Start > Run > msconfig > Startup > find it in the list > uncheck it > click OK > (may have to restart)

The problem could be caused by your machine not meeting the requirements of the application you are trying to run.  I am assuming mysqld is MySql.  What processor do you have?  How much Memory?  I really don't see a Laptop as a databsae server.