startup programmes

Discussion in 'Software' started by michael stone, Jul 25, 2009.

  1. michael stone

    michael stone Private E-2

    Im trying to follow the system maintentance and have managed largely to do so but I have very little idea which of these startup programmes are necessary or not. Any help would be greatfully appreciated

    DellSupportCenter
    SpybotSD Teatimer
    Apoint
    RtHDVCpl
    Broadcom Wireless Manager UI
    Google Desktop Search
    dscactivate
    PDVDDXSrv
    Adobe Reader Speed Launcher
    SunJavaUpdateSched
    WindowsDefender
    QuickSet.lnk
    SynTPEnh
    Bubble
    Logoff
    AVG8_tray
    HotKeysCmds
    Persistence
    IgfxTray

    Thanks for any help
     
    michael stone, Jul 25, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Ones I would delete from that list or at least manage with StartupCPL (do not use msconfig) are

    DellSupportCenter ~ not needed to startup
    Adobe Reader Speed launcher ~ never noticed it speed up anything
    Google Desktop Search ~ I would remove
    SunJavaUpdateSched ~ not needed updater
    lgfxtray ~ can access this via Control Panel its the Intel GFX menu

    Bubble ~ have no idea what that is so please explain what it does?


    If you need to check startups this is a great place to do so http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/
     
    DavidGP, Jul 25, 2009
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  3. michael stone

    michael stone Private E-2

    Bubble and Logoff are both something to do with windows steadystate but I dont know what they actually do.
     
    michael stone, Jul 25, 2009
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  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi Michael


    Ah ok, gotcha on those and best to leave them as Steadystate is a good way of protecting the PC from other users basically causing mayhem! info on StreadyState here

    But if you are the only user on that PC then SteadyState is not going to be of much use unless you are prone to killing the OS, which I doubt, so maybe worth thinking on uninstalling it, but do leave it on the PC if you have multiple users using that PC.
     
    DavidGP, Jul 25, 2009
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