how to install bonjour as silent in Windows?

Re: how to install bonjour as silent in Windows? by Gary

Gary
Tue Jul 01 07:29:20 PDT 2008

"karthee" <kartheeknagasuri@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> how to install bonjour as silent in Windows?

I am guessing that you want to disable bonjour, since I can't imagine why
anyone would want to do anything but get rid of this software that Adobe has
forced on its users.

Click "Start" and right-click "Computer" and choose "manage".

Click the + next to Services and Applications, and click on "Services".

You should see a nonsense name in the listing, such as
##id_string2.6844F930_1628_.....ending with ##. You will see the path to
executable as going to Bonjour. Right click that service and choose
"properties". In the "Startup type" box, choose disabled, and then OK to
get out.

And maybe send a letter to Adobe telling them to quit including so much
useless garbage with their software 8^).

Gary



Re: how to install bonjour as silent in Windows? by John

John
Tue Jul 01 11:47:59 PDT 2008


"Gary R." <roberthouse@geocities.com> wrote in message
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> "karthee" <kartheeknagasuri@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3b8cdf12-42f6-4c9f-9549-7246b9090599@x19g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>> how to install bonjour as silent in Windows?
>
> I am guessing that you want to disable bonjour, since I can't imagine why
> anyone would want to do anything but get rid of this software that Adobe
> has forced on its users.
>
> Click "Start" and right-click "Computer" and choose "manage".
>
> Click the + next to Services and Applications, and click on "Services".
>
> You should see a nonsense name in the listing, such as
> ##id_string2.6844F930_1628_.....ending with ##. You will see the path to
> executable as going to Bonjour. Right click that service and choose
> "properties". In the "Startup type" box, choose disabled, and then OK to
> get out.
>
> And maybe send a letter to Adobe telling them to quit including so much
> useless garbage with their software 8^).
>

AFAIK Bonjour is an Apple, Inc. product. It's also part of iTunes software
installation. I disable it in the services applet and/or rename the EXE (or
delete it, just in case).