List of unnecessary startups

[RubbeR DuckY]

Does anyone have a list of unnecessary startups. These startups must include a description. We are looking for 30 of the most common unneeded startups.

For example,

SoundMan

System Tray icon for the Realtek AC97 Audio Sound Manager for AC97 onboard audio. Available via Start -> Settings-> Control Panel. Removing this entry will free up a small amount of system resources.

If someone finds a nice list, free copy of RogueRemover PRO will be rewarded.

[PAN_IRISH]

Does anyone have a list of unnecessary startups. These startups must include a description. We are looking for 30 of the most common unneeded startups.

For example,

SoundMan

System Tray icon for the Realtek AC97 Audio Sound Manager for AC97 onboard audio. Available via Start -> Settings-> Control Panel. Removing this entry will free up a small amount of system resources.

If someone finds a nice list, free copy of RogueRemover PRO will be rewarded.

does this count?

http://www.bold-fortune.com/forums/index.php?showforum=13

there's a lot here.

[PAN_IRISH]

or how about this?

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/

[MysteryFCM]

Used to be @ pacs-portal.co.uk and is by far the best list ever compiled IMHO

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php

[RubbeR DuckY]

The point of the free version of RogueRemover PRO meant that some work had to be actually done. I know of many startup lists. What I don't want to do is go through 30,000 entries to find 30 of the most common =). If someone happened to have a list of some, it would be much easier.

[MysteryFCM]

In that case;

Instant Messengers

P2P app's

Video tray icons

Audio tray icons

... etc etc

Do you want filenames and locations?

[RubbeR DuckY]

Nope, I need exact value names and a nice description. Below are some examples.

SoundMan

System Tray icon for the Realtek AC97 Audio Sound Manager for AC97 onboard audio. Available via Start -> Settings-> Control Panel. Removing this entry will free up a small amount of system resources.

TkBellExe

RealPlayer scheduler. Completely unnecessary. Removing this entry will free up a small amount of system resources.

SunJavaUpdateSched

Checks with Sun's Java updates site to see if newer Java versions are available. Visit http://java.sun.com or just run the Java Plug-In Control Panel.

Microsoft Works Update Detection

Checks for updates to Microsoft Works. Unnecessary. Removing this entry will free up some system resources.

QuickTime Task

Provides a system tray icon that you can use for quick access to the QuickTime application and additional settings. If you use the system tray icon to launch QuickTime you should leave this process running.

[nickW]

My list:

Name

Pacman's description

msnmsgr/MsnMsgr

MSN Messenger (now superseeded by Windows Live Messenger) utility. If you don't use MSN Messenger, this can be annoying. Available via Start -> Programs. Go to MS Messenger -> Tools -> Options -> Preferences and uncheck "Run this program when Windows starts"

MSMSGS

Windows Messenger utility. If you don't use Windows Messenger, this can be annoying. Available via Start -> Programs. Go to Windows Messenger > Tools > Options > Preferences and uncheck "Run this program when Windows starts"

Microsoft Office

Application which launches common MS Office components to help speed up the launch of Office programs. It's somewhat of a resource hog, and some users claim there's no difference with or without it but it usually isn't required. Note - if you make use of the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar outside an office program this application will need to be enabled for it to show

CTFMON.EXE/ctfmon

CTFMon is involved with the language/alternative input services in Office XP. Ctfmon.exe will continue to put itself back into MSConfig when you run the Office XP apps as long as the Text Services and Speech applets in the Control Panel are enabled. Not required if you don't need these features. For more info on ctfmon see here. Ctfmon can be disabled from Control Panel, Text & Speech Services. Note - the file will always be located in the System32 folder, if it is located elsewhere it will likely be a worm or trojan! Can cause problems with some other programs if left enabled - see here for such an example

dumprep 0 -k/dumprep 0 -u

Used in connection with memory dumps - you can disable these by - right clicking on My Computer, selecting Properties and then the Advanced tab. Click on the Settings button in 'Startup and Recovery'. In the bottom pane - under 'Write debugging information' - click on the down arrow and then select 'None' - OK your way out

kernelfaultcheck

Used in connection with memory dumps - you can disable these by - right clicking on My Computer, selecting Properties and then the Advanced tab. Click on the Settings button in 'Startup and Recovery'. In the bottom pane - under 'Write debugging information' - click on the down arrow and then select 'None' - OK your way out

UserFaultCheck

Used in connection with memory dumps - you can disable these by - right clicking on My Computer, selecting Properties and then the Advanced tab. Click on the Settings button in 'Startup and Recovery'. In the bottom pane - under 'Write debugging information' - click on the down arrow and then select 'None' - OK your way out

SoundMan

System Tray icon for the Realtek AC97 Audio Sound Manager for AC97 onboard audio. Available via Start -> Settings-> Control Panel

High Definition Audio Property Page Shortcut

Realtek audio card related - probably adds the odd feature to one of the "Sounds" Control Panel applet tabs - doesn't appear to be required

QuickTime Task

System Tray access to Apple's "Quick Time" viewer from version 5 onwards

Adobe Reader Speed Launch

Speeds up the time it takes to load the Adobe Reader application. Your choice, but not required for Adobe Reader to function properly

SunJavaUpdateSched

Checks with Sun's Java updates site to see if newer Java versions are available. Visit http://java.sun.com or just run the Java Plug-In Control Panel

IgfxTray

Quick access to the control panel via a System Tray icon for graphics based upon the Intel chipsets (ie, i810). These chipsets are often included on motherboards. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel

Cmaudio

System tray control panel for C-Media based soundcards - often included on popular motherboards with in-built audio. Available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel

Logitech Desktop Messenger

Installed with the software for Logitech products. Automatically checks for software upgrades AND new products, services and special offerings from Logitech

LDM

Installed with the software for Logitech products. Automatically checks for software upgrades AND new products, services and special offerings from Logitech

LogitechSoftwareUpdate

Updater, part of Logitech Image Studio - installed with Logitech QuickCam cameras

HP Component Manager

Checks the internet for updated drivers/utilities for your HP product - update manually. Disabling will remove the error "Windows can't shutdown the computer because hpcmpmgr.exe can't be ended"

HP Software Update

HP software updates. If a shortcut doesn't exist, create your own and run it manually

HPHUPD**

HP software update checker and wizard launcher. ** represents the version number. Available via Start -> Programs

LSBWatcher

Used for automatically updating HP programs

TkBellExe

Application Scheduler installed along with RealOne Player. Once installed, it runs independently of RealOne Player. See here for more information, including how to disable it. Also see evntsvc and Realsched. Note that eventsvc.exe no longer appears to be in a newer version. To disable "tkbell.exe" in the new version (1) Start RealOne Player (2) Tools -> Preferences (3) Automatic services in the Categories pane (4) Uncheck all options and then OK

updateMgr

Automatic updates for the Adobe Reader file viewer

ISUSPM Startup

InstallShield Update Service Scheduler. Automatically searches for and performs any updates to the software so you're always working with the most current version

ISUSScheduler

InstallShield Update Service Scheduler. Automatically searches for and performs any updates to the software so you're always working with the most current version

----- less frequent

WinZip Quick Pick

Added with WinZip version 8.1. "The new WinZip Quick Pick taskbar tray icon gives you instant access to WinZip and your Zip files. Just left click the icon to open WinZip, or right click it to instantly reopen recently used Zip files, access your Favorite Zip Folders, open WinZip Help, or start WinZip itself.". You can right-click and close it - choosing to not re-load it at start-up

PHIME2002ASync

Part of Microsoft's Input Message Editor (IME) for translating Japanese/Chinese text in IE, Outlook and Word

PHIME2002A

Part of Microsoft's Input Message Editor (IME) for translating Japanese/Chinese text in IE, Outlook and Word

IMJPMIG*.*

Part of MS Input Method Editor which is used to ease the input of Asian characters in MS Office (Chinese, Korean and this one is Japanese). *.* represents the version number

SSBkgdUpdate

ScanSoft OmniPage auto updater. Can be disabled using the main program's options

OpwareSE2

OmniPage from Nuance (was Scansoft). If running, a user can call up OmniPage from inside of Word and ask it to scan something, via "File, Acquire Page." Also some of OmniPage's Options dialog boxes are accessible from within Word. Only required by novices and is available via Start -> Programs

OpwareSE4

OmniPage from Nuance (was Scansoft). If running, a user can call up OmniPage from inside of Word and ask it to scan something, via "File, Acquire Page." Also some of OmniPage's Options dialog boxes are accessible from within Word. Only required by novices and is available via Start -> Programs

[RubbeR DuckY]

Wow thanks. Thats basically exactly what I was looking for.