Startup items

Not familiar with Macrovision FLEXnet Connect, ECenter, and RAID Event
Monitor - are these important startup items?


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"Steve" <> wrote ...
> Not familiar with Macrovision FLEXnet Connect, ECenter, and RAID Event
> Monitor - are these important startup items?

These are not part of Windows Vista.

They would have been installed by some application you have on your PC.
Macrovison Flexnet is a software licensing tool. Apps which use Flexnet look
for the Flexnet server when they start up, to make sure the user has a valid
licence. If a licence cannot be found, the app will usually display an error
message and shut down.

You'll need to work out which of your applications has installed the
Macrovision stuff. Next, you'll need to check that application's
documentation (or ask in their user forum) as to whether these utilities
really need to be run at startup. Autocad is one popular app which uses
Flexnet.

Or, if they aren't causing any specific problems, you could just accept them
as part of your config - some app installed them for a (hopefully) good
reason) and leave them alone.

Hope it helps,
Andrew

"Andrew McLaren" <> wrote ...
> "Steve" <> wrote ...
>> Not familiar with Macrovision FLEXnet Connect, ECenter, and RAID Event
>> Monitor - are these important startup items?
>
> These are not part of Windows Vista.
>
> They would have been installed by some application you have on your PC.
> Macrovison Flexnet is a software licensing tool. Apps which use Flexnet
> look

Oh, I forgot to add ... for more information about Macrovison products, you
can go to http://www.macrovision.com

You might need to get Vista-compatible updates to the Macrovison bits, from
whatever application vendor is using Flexnet.

Flexnet Connect looks like it might have something to do with Games?
http://www.macrovision.com/products/...te/index.shtml

You're not running games on your PC, are you??? Geez. A computer is not a
toy

Cheers
Andrew

"Andrew McLaren" <> wrote:
>Flexnet Connect looks like it might have something to do with Games?
> http://www.macrovision.com/products/...te/index.shtml
>You're not running games on your PC, are you??? Geez. A computer is not a
>toy

Actually, I'm not running any games. Hard to figure what app would
have installed this...


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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings,
they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things,
not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

....Margaret Halsey

"Steve" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Andrew McLaren" <> wrote:
>>Flexnet Connect looks like it might have something to do with Games?
>>
>> http://www.macrovision.com/products/...te/index.shtml
>>You're not running games on your PC, are you??? Geez. A computer is not a
>>toy
>
> Actually, I'm not running any games. Hard to figure what app would
> have installed this...
>
>
> --
>

DVD movies will often install apps on your computer. Usually you're
presented with an agreement form.

"DanR" <> wrote:
>>>Flexnet Connect looks like it might have something to do with Games?
>>> http://www.macrovision.com/products/...te/index.shtml
>>>You're not running games on your PC, are you??? Geez. A computer is not a
>>>toy
>>
>> Actually, I'm not running any games. Hard to figure what app would
>> have installed this...
>
>DVD movies will often install apps on your computer. Usually you're
>presented with an agreement form.

No movies either. Just set up the system a few days ago...


--

Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings,
they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things,
not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

....Margaret Halsey