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I would like to disable roxwatch,exe, roxwatchtray.exe and drgtodsc.exe. Seems they are processes that start automatically. Since the first two use over 30MG of memory each, and I don't use Roxio EastCreator 8 every day, it seems a waste of so much memory.
Can I just go in and set the services to manual start without hurting anything?
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Disable roxwatch.exe
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Posted 22 June 2007 - 06:42 AM
Go to Start,Run and type msconfig.Go to the Startup tab and uncheck RoxWatchTray and D2d.This should disable it from starting.Reboot and when the box comes up tell it not to show the warning again and you're all set.
This post has been edited by tbrewst: 22 June 2007 - 06:43 AM
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Do you wanna hear me beg you to take me back?
I'd gladly do it because....."
Terry
AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0Ghz processor
ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 Motherboard w/VIA 8 channel sound
Power Color ATI HD5550 512mb DDR3 video card
4Gb DDR3 10666 memory
1Tb Hitachi SATA hard drive
(2) Lite-On iHAS224-06 SATA DVD drives
Rosewill Destroyer case
Dell DX-20A6Q QFlix DVD burner
Cambridge Soundworks THX 5.1 speaker system
I-inc iH-252HPB 25" widescreen monitor connected via HDMI
Dell 1100 Laser printer
Roxio USB Capture Device
Windows 7 OS
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 02:15 PM
Editing via msconfig is not that great because you get a message every time you reboot.
Try this instead:
Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
Find 'Roxio Hard Drive Watcher'. Edit the properties so that startup is 'Manual'. Then stop the service.
Find 'RoxioMediaDB'. Do the same.
Later, if you want to use them, just start the services. As long as they are manual, they will not start automatically when you reboot.
Try this instead:
Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
Find 'Roxio Hard Drive Watcher'. Edit the properties so that startup is 'Manual'. Then stop the service.
Find 'RoxioMediaDB'. Do the same.
Later, if you want to use them, just start the services. As long as they are manual, they will not start automatically when you reboot.
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Posted 01 October 2008 - 02:21 PM
QUOTE (JSG @ Oct 1 2008, 06:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Editing via msconfig is not that great because you get a message every time you reboot.
Incorrect - all you have to do is put a mark in the check box after reboot and the next time you won't get the message.
I agree though, modifying the setting in Services to Manual is the best way to go.
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