[desertratr]

What does the Roxio Hard rive Watch servcie do? Is there any problem setting it to manual, and disabling it?

[JC]

Watched Folder Settings
This dialog box lets you customize the options for folder monitoring.

Watch
Select the folders you want Media Manager to monitor for new media files. To select or deselect a folder, click the icon next to the folder. When you click a folder, the folder icon changes to indicate whether or not Media Manager scans the folder and its subfolders. The folder icons are as follows:




Monitor this folder and all its subfolders.



Do not monitor this folder. Some subfolders may be monitored.


Show Folder Watching icon in the system tray
Select to include the Folder Watching icon in the system tray on your task bar. You can click this icon to open the Watched Folder Settings dialog box.

Show Notifications
Select to display notification messages when folder watching starts and stops, and when other significant events occur.


Yes you can disable roxio Watch w/ the icon on your taskbar