Advises you on how to fine-tune the performance of your notebook and keep you informed of the latest Toshiba software and driver updates as soon as they are released. It does this by delivering various types of alerts into a special TEMPO inbox area on your notebook PC

Designed for WinXP Media Center Edition 2005 and the Xbox 360, Transcode360 aims to broaden the support for a wide range of video media including DivX and XviD

Toshiba Registration - available via Start → Programs

Tray Date by Titlebar Software - displays a simple icon in the System Tray (that can't be configured) which shows the current date. The originator's website is no longer available but you can still download it here. Whilst it only uses around 10MB of memory, you can run it via the Start menu - or you can simply move the cursor over the clock time on the System Tray to show the date

Toshiba's Service Station - which "allows your computer to automatically search for TOSHIBA software updates or other alerts from TOSHIBA that are specific to your computer system and its programs. When enabled, this application periodically transmits to our servers a limited amount of system information required to perform these updates or alerts"

IBM Thinkpad feature setup and configuration utility

Toshiba's Service Station - which "allows your computer to automatically search for TOSHIBA software updates or other alerts from TOSHIBA that are specific to your computer system and its programs. When enabled, this application periodically transmits to our servers a limited amount of system information required to perform these updates or alerts"

System Tray access to the ThinkPad Configuration utility for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks. "The ThinkPad Configuration utility is a control center to configure your ThinkPad hardware. With this utility, you can setup or change your device configurations for ThinkPad hardware and options"

System Tray access to the ThinkPad Configuration utility for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks. "The ThinkPad Configuration utility is a control center to configure your ThinkPad hardware. With this utility, you can setup or change your device configurations for ThinkPad hardware and options"

Browser toolbar - part of TrueSuite by Esaya, Inc - "a solution that allows users to use the existing tools that came with their PCs and provides new tools to help them take true control of their Internet experience"

System Tray access to the ThinkPad Configuration utility for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks. "The ThinkPad Configuration utility is a control center to configure your ThinkPad hardware. With this utility, you can setup or change your device configurations for ThinkPad hardware and options"

"Audials Tunebite can convert and record Music, Audiobooks, Videos, HD-Movies and DVDs anywhere. Tunebite Platinum displays a record button next to videos and movies from websites in media libraries in all browsers and from VoD services in streaming players"

Turbine Download Manager (TDM) - download manager associated with the game "The Lord of the Rings Online". No longer available

Preloads TV related parts of CyberLink's PowerCinema digital home entertainment software to speed up the launch of that feature. Only required on slower/older systems and included with versions of PowerCinema bundled (and re-branded) with systems from Acer, Dell, ASUS and others

Found on the HP Touchsmart range of all-in-one desktops and tablets. What does it do and is it required?

Epson scannner software - required for "one-touch" operation. Can be launched manually

Part of the Data Safe feature (also known as TopSecret) included with the NotebookSecurity security product from G Data Software AG - which "is designed for protecting sensitive data and uses powerful encryption algorithms to do so". On the tested version (2012) the file doesn't exist so the exact purpose is therefore unknown and the recommendation is to disable it

Toshiba's Service Station - which "allows your computer to automatically search for TOSHIBA software updates or other alerts from TOSHIBA that are specific to your computer system and its programs. When enabled, this application periodically transmits to our servers a limited amount of system information required to perform these updates or alerts"

Toshiba Virtual Sound on a notebook. Allows you to change sound settings on the fly - default setting is "build-in speaker". You can also select external speaker, open type headphone, or closed type headphone. Each setting has presets for Bass, Stereo, and Clarity - which can also be changed by user if desired