Deterministic NDIS Extender (DNE) is an NDIS-compliant module which appears to be a network device driver to all protocol stacks and a protocol driver to all network device drivers. Part of Gilat Communications internet satellite systems. Required if you have this system. Also installed by Winproxy - a proxy program for sharing internet connections through one computer. Required if you want it to work

Part of the Dell ControlPoint Security Manager - which "provides access to your security, user identification, fingerprint readers, and smartcard security technology". Dell ControlPoint is "designed to simplify and unify the execution of what should be simple system functions" and "integrates best-of-breed software and utility solutions into one helpful solution"

Dodo Speed Accelerator version of the user interface for Slipstream - internet acceleration through compression/decompression techniques, intelligent cacheing on the server side, and real-time conversion of large/high-bandwidth images to less bulky pix

Installed with SAMSUNG PC Studio and New PC Studio mobile device management utilities. The exact purpose is unknown at present and it runs only once on the first boot after installation is complete before exiting

Drive letter access to a UDF packet writer for CD-RW - from HP, Veritas (now Symantec) and others. Similar to Roxio's DirectCD and does the same thing. From HP - "This is a needed file as it controls the readability of the Combo drives. Without this file loading the end user will be able to burn CD's but won't be able to read them. The drive itself will be able to read store bought master Cd's without the file but not burnt ones"