Always include the version of Windows. :emotion-5:
Things I know you don't have to launch at startup:
RoxWatchTray9 (Loads Roxio icon in tray near clock)
mm_tray (Loads MediaMaster icon in tray near clock)
qttask (Loads QuickTime icon in tray near the clock)
jusched (automatically checks for Java updates)
ctfmon (Microsoft Office Installer for alternate users and alternative languages bar; unless you need alternative users and languages.
You can google the other names and see what they do and decide if you need them. And remember, you can always go back and check those boxes again, if you change your mind about something.
1) sprtcmd and dsca are the automatic startup for Dell Support Center (the "blue wrench" icon in the system tray). You can disable those, or just remove Dell Support Center entirely - it does nothing you can't do yourself. That program alone added about 30 seconds to the boot time on my XP PC.
Note that sprtcmd is not limited to Dell Support Center, however - the company who wrote the software (SupportSoft) also provides diagnostic software to broadband companies - e.g, I had it with the Qwest DSL installation/diagnostic software. But in either case it is not necessary to run in startup.
2) Issch and Isuspm are InstallShield updater software - I suspect they came with the Roxio/Sonic software. Those both can be unchecked - as far as I know there never were and never will be updates for any of that software. I know with the XPS 410/710 with XP there was a Sonic Update Manager that could be removed from Add/Remove to get rid of that "updater" completely, as well as a removal tool, but can't speak for the 420/720 series that came with Vista.
RoHe
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May 16th, 2010 13:00
Always include the version of Windows. :emotion-5:
Things I know you don't have to launch at startup:
RoxWatchTray9 (Loads Roxio icon in tray near clock)
mm_tray (Loads MediaMaster icon in tray near clock)
qttask (Loads QuickTime icon in tray near the clock)
jusched (automatically checks for Java updates)
ctfmon (Microsoft Office Installer for alternate users and alternative languages bar; unless you need alternative users and languages.
You can google the other names and see what they do and decide if you need them. And remember, you can always go back and check those boxes again, if you change your mind about something.
Ron
Alexandra_P
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May 17th, 2010 15:00
Couple more to add to Ron's response:
1) sprtcmd and dsca are the automatic startup for Dell Support Center (the "blue wrench" icon in the system tray). You can disable those, or just remove Dell Support Center entirely - it does nothing you can't do yourself. That program alone added about 30 seconds to the boot time on my XP PC.
Note that sprtcmd is not limited to Dell Support Center, however - the company who wrote the software (SupportSoft) also provides diagnostic software to broadband companies - e.g, I had it with the Qwest DSL installation/diagnostic software. But in either case it is not necessary to run in startup.
2) Issch and Isuspm are InstallShield updater software - I suspect they came with the Roxio/Sonic software. Those both can be unchecked - as far as I know there never were and never will be updates for any of that software. I know with the XPS 410/710 with XP there was a Sonic Update Manager that could be removed from Add/Remove to get rid of that "updater" completely, as well as a removal tool, but can't speak for the 420/720 series that came with Vista.