Which ADOBE Startup Files can I Disable?

[Berryracer]

I have the following Installed:

- Adobe Reader X 10.1.2
- Adobe Photoshop CS5.1
- Adobe Illustrator CS5.1


Which of the following startup items is safe to remove?

1. Adobe AAMUpdater-1.0 (Adobe Updater Startup Utility)
2. Adobe ARM (Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager)
3. Adobe CS5.5 Service Manager
4. SwitchBoard (Switchboard Server 32-Bit)

 

[Dahak]

I know the Adobe ARM can be gone, i have not seen it break anything. as for the other 3 i dont know. you can just temporarily disable them in msconfig and see if anything does not work and if so just turn them back on.

The first one looks like its for the adobe updater, but i do not think it need to be running all the time, unless you want it to download the updates in the background

 

[Berryracer]

I know the Adobe ARM can be gone, i have not seen it break anything. as for the other 3 i dont know. you can just temporarily disable them in msconfig and see if anything does not work and if so just turn them back on.

The first one looks like its for the adobe updater, but i do not think it need to be running all the time, unless you want it to download the updates in the background

Well I did disable them all and nothing broke (so far) but I am afraid of disabling this switchboard thing or the Services manager maybe I might have problems in the future.

I hope anyone who has experience with these files can shed some light here

 

[janas19]

Well I did disable them all and nothing broke (so far) but I am afraid of disabling this switchboard thing or the Services manager maybe I might have problems in the future.

I hope anyone who has experience with these files can shed some light here

Yeah, just disable all your startup processes except system processes. Adobe is not a driver or a system process so it won't affect your startup.

 

[Charlie98]

Yeah, just disable all your startup processes except system processes. Adobe is not a driver or a system process so it won't affect your startup.

Yes, I shut all mine off... The don't need to be sucking resources unless called upon.

 

[Berryracer]

alright thanks guys, I disabled all startup entries relevant to Adobe

 

[janas19]

ML what are you planning on doing with your setup? You seem to ask a lot of questions.

Just curious.

 

[Berryracer]

ML what are you planning on doing with your setup? You seem to ask a lot of questions.

Just curious.

Nothing really, I am just a perfection freak I like to have the best and top notch system without having anything not needed running

 

[janas19]

Nothing really, I am just a perfection freak I like to have the best and top notch system without having anything not needed running

Ha ok. I like things to work but perfection is hard to attain lol . Good luck with your project, though!

 

[Berryracer]

Ha ok. I like things to work but perfection is hard to attain lol . Good luck with your project, though!

Im there now thanks to you guys and thanks to easily restoring my images using Acronis True Image

 

[pyonir]

Someone recommended this here a while back: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/startuplite

Really only have to run it once.