Advice on Removing Applet From Control Panel

[JD]

I uninstalled NVIDIA's nView Desktop Organizer.
The NVIDIA folder was removed from C:\Programs.
However, the nView applet remains in the Control Panel.
It opens and "Enable nView" is unchecked.
There is also a Run line in the registry for the nView applet.
If I wanted to remove it from the Control Panel, would a simple "Delete" be
safe?
Would it go to the Recycle Bin and be available for restore if necessary?
And should the Run line in the registry also be removed?

 

[Bigjon]

JD declared:

nView applet

The only way you can actually disable it, is as well as disabling nvwiz in
startup, within msconfig, also disable the Nvidia service running within
the services section of msconfig.

Then you'll have no problems plus an extra 10mb ram at startup.

 

[JD]

The only NV service in the services section is something called "Nvidia
driver helper." I have a feeling I should leave that alone.
I tried turning off the applet using Msconfig and the system restarted and
seems to run fine. There are no errors in the event logs.
Of course, Windows is insisting that I return to "Normal Startup," so I need
to do something permanent, like removing the Run line from the registry?

 

[Bigjon]

JD declared:

The only NV service in the services section is something called "Nvidia
driver helper." I have a feeling I should leave that alone.
I tried turning off the applet using Msconfig and the system restarted and
seems to run fine. There are no errors in the event logs.
Of course, Windows is insisting that I return to "Normal Startup," so I need
to do something permanent, like removing the Run line from the registry?

get regcleaner
http://www.sofotex.com/RegCleaner-download_L4965.html
or similar and remove it from the start up permanently....

 

[Wesley Vogel]

JD;
You can safely disable the NVidia Driver Helper Service. I have mine disabled.
From Black Viper:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

[NVIDIA Driver Helper Service
nvsvc32.exe
This service is installed when you change from the WDM drivers to nVidia's latest and greatest
version. The service uses about 945k and zero CPU, but there is no need for it. I have even
experienced EXTREME shutdown delays with this service active, but no adverse side effects with it
disabled. Make it go away. NOTE: If using drivers other than nVidia's, such as Asus, this service
may have been renamed to reflect that.]

Wes

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[JD]

Thanks, Wes, for this informative and reassuring reply. BTW, what are WDM
drivers?
I gather that nView is normally a part of all NVIDIA driver sets, but that
the Gateway people left it out of the OEM setup.
After I installed it as part of a driver update, I began to have repeated
stop errors caused by an (unidentified) device driver.
I've uninstalled nView and restored the OEM drivers. No more error messages.
Now I'm just trying to "clean up."
Thanks again for the help.

JD;
You can safely disable the NVidia Driver Helper Service. I have mine disabled.
From Black Viper:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

[NVIDIA Driver Helper Service
nvsvc32.exe
This service is installed when you change from the WDM drivers to nVidia's latest and greatest
version. The service uses about 945k and zero CPU, but there is no need for it. I have even
experienced EXTREME shutdown delays with this service active, but no adverse side effects with it
disabled. Make it go away. NOTE: If using drivers other than nVidia's, such as Asus, this service
may have been renamed to reflect that.]

Wes

In

The only NV service in the services section is something called "Nvidia
driver helper." I have a feeling I should leave that alone.
I tried turning off the applet using Msconfig and the system restarted and
seems to run fine. There are no errors in the event logs.
Of course, Windows is insisting that I return to "Normal Startup," so I need
to do something permanent, like removing the Run line from the registry?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You bet.
Short for Windows Driver Model, a driver technology developed by Microsoft to create drivers that
are source-code compatible for Windows 98, 2000, Me and XP.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Thanks, Wes, for this informative and reassuring reply. BTW, what are WDM
drivers?
I gather that nView is normally a part of all NVIDIA driver sets, but that
the Gateway people left it out of the OEM setup.
After I installed it as part of a driver update, I began to have repeated
stop errors caused by an (unidentified) device driver.
I've uninstalled nView and restored the OEM drivers. No more error messages.
Now I'm just trying to "clean up."
Thanks again for the help.

JD;
You can safely disable the NVidia Driver Helper Service. I have mine disabled.
From Black Viper:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

[NVIDIA Driver Helper Service
nvsvc32.exe
This service is installed when you change from the WDM drivers to nVidia's latest and greatest
version. The service uses about 945k and zero CPU, but there is no need for it. I have even
experienced EXTREME shutdown delays with this service active, but no adverse side effects with it
disabled. Make it go away. NOTE: If using drivers other than nVidia's, such as Asus, this service
may have been renamed to reflect that.]

Wes

In

The only NV service in the services section is something called "Nvidia
driver helper." I have a feeling I should leave that alone.
I tried turning off the applet using Msconfig and the system restarted and
seems to run fine. There are no errors in the event logs.
Of course, Windows is insisting that I return to "Normal Startup," so I need
to do something permanent, like removing the Run line from the registry?

JD declared:

nView applet

The only way you can actually disable it, is as well as disabling nvwiz in
startup, within msconfig, also disable the Nvidia service running within
the services section of msconfig.

Then you'll have no problems plus an extra 10mb ram at startup.