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Is Homepgui.exe Necessary?

#1 User is offline   Melle 

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Posted 13 February 2006 - 12:57 PM

Hi!
I'm "cleaning" my friends computer. In msconfig its listed a startup program called homePgui.exe. And I'm wondering what it does. I've search on google, but i can't find a description anywhere. So, s it safe to just remove it. I don't want to ruin my friends computer, as she knows even less about computers than I do...

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Posted 13 February 2006 - 01:08 PM

It looks to be something that comes with NEC programs. I am not 100% sure what it does, but I am going to hazard a guess that it is most likely NOT necessary to start automatically.
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Posted 13 February 2006 - 01:10 PM

Hi Melle and welcome to BC.

That should be safe to disable at startup using msconfig. It seems to be a program specific to NEC Computers. If it creates a problem you can re-enable it.

Edit: Agreed :thumbsup:

This post has been edited by Leurgy: 13 February 2006 - 01:10 PM

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