Ad-Free by Net Nanny - "is customizable software for blocking unwanted Internet advertising in your home, small business or school". No longer available

Status monitor for an NEC SuperScript 870 printer

BBSee adware

Configuration wizard for older versions of Symantec's Norton AntiVirus (now Norton AntiVirus Basic). On the first run after installation or a significant software update via LiveUpdate this entry looks after registration, subscription and post-installation tasks (such as LiveUpdate, full scan and scheduling) and confirms the default configuration settings. If this entry is disabled, the configuration wizard will run the next time Norton AntiVirus is launched via the Start Menu

Configuration wizard for Symantec's now discontinued Norton Password Manager security product. On the first run after installation or a significant software update via LiveUpdate this entry looks after registration, subscription and post-installation tasks (such as LiveUpdate) and confirms the default configuration settings

Configuration wizard for Symantec's now discontinued Norton SystemWorks security product. On the first run after installation or a significant software update via LiveUpdate this entry looks after registration, subscription and post-installation tasks (such as LiveUpdate, full scan and scheduling) and confirms the default configuration settings

Configuration wizard for older versions of Symantec's Norton AntiVirus (now Norton AntiVirus Basic). On the first run after installation or a significant software update via LiveUpdate this entry looks after registration, subscription and post-installation tasks (such as LiveUpdate, full scan and scheduling) and confirms the default configuration settings. If this entry is disabled, the configuration wizard will run the next time Norton AntiVirus is launched via the Start Menu

Detects the Creative NOMAD jukebox/MP3 player at the time it is attached to USB and starts the needed application (Creative PlayCentre 2) that you use to copy MP3 files to and from it. This is required if you want PlayCentre 2 to take control of the NOMAD once connected

Configuration manager for Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software from Nuance (was ScanSoft)

Norton Anti-Virus Definitions Alert. Warns you if virus definitions are out of date. Leave enabled unless you manually update virus definitions on a regular basis

Novell Distributed Printer Services - part of Novell's Netware Client and Groupwise products. Not required if you don't use this feature

Part of http://www.no-ip.com provided service. Keeps No-IP's dynamic nameserver (DNS) updated if and when your computer's (network's) dynamic IP-address changes so that you can run servers on computers with dynamic IP. Shortcut available

Part of Entriq's MediaSphere service - which "provides all-in-one solutions that make it easy for content providers and aggregators to manage, protect, monetize and deliver multimedia content to broadband, mobile and IPTV consumers with the most advanced content protection and pay media technologies available." Implementation for NBA

Part of Entriq's MediaSphere service - which "provides all-in-one solutions that make it easy for content providers and aggregators to manage, protect, monetize and deliver multimedia content to broadband, mobile and IPTV consumers with the most advanced content protection and pay media technologies available." Implementation for NBCUniversal

Epson Status Monitor 3 for the NX430/TX435 Series printers - for monitoring printer status, checking ink levels, etc

Epson Status Monitor 3 for the NX430/TX435 Series printers - for monitoring printer status, checking ink levels, etc

"FaxTalk NetOnHold 1.5 works with the Modem-On-Hold capabilities found in V.92 modems to provide the ability to place an Internet connection "on hold" and receive incoming calls or place outgoing calls"

System Tray access to Symantec's Norton GoBack system restoration software - which allows you to revert back to a previously working state on you hard drive if you install a new program and your system goes faulty, performing the same functions with extra features as System Restore on WinMe/XP systems. Disable before running Scandisk or Defrag and not required for WinMe/XP users - but recommended for Win9x/NT/2K users. Previously released by Roxio, Adaptec and Wild File

"Net Meter is a powerful and easy-to-use bandwidth meter. It monitors traffic of all network connections and displays real-time graphical and numerical data transfer rates. Net Meter can display details of multiple network connections at the same time. It records all network traffic and includes extensive logging (daily, weekly and monthly) and traffic events. Net Meter works with virtually all types of network connections including phone modems, DSL, cable modem, LAN, satellite and more."