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Wolfgang

Reduce and document the NI services running after Windows logon

Status: Under Consideration
by Active Participant Wolfgang on ‎04-01-2011 12:30 AM

Hello,

 

because I had installed CVI2010 on a brand new Windows 7 machine, I was curios to find out about all the service processes running on the system.

It seems that there are quite a few NI services that start after log-on. Some of  them seem superfluous, such as the Lookout Citadel service (no LabVIEW, no Lookout installed), but due to the lack of any information I did not bother trying to stop them

 

Suggestions:

1) NI should critically review the services and only start the services that are absolutely needed.

2) Services that are optional might be selected by a checkbox during installation or from the Options / Environment setting

3) NI should provide some documentation / explanation of each service and why it is needed.

 

Thanks!

Status: Under Consideration
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by Member ngay528 on ‎04-26-2011 08:32 AM
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Agreed.  i currently have 8 things services with startup type of automatic, yet haven't even opened a single NI program or CVI yet.  Nor do I even have Device Manager running.

by Member MarcelK on ‎05-25-2011 08:41 AM
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Seconded. We actually have developers in house that do not want to install CVI because it clutters up their systems, and I can understand them...

by Member layosh.b on ‎08-01-2011 09:25 PM
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Agree. Even without running Labwindows or a software written in Labwindows, I have at least 8 services running and I have no clue why, what do they do.

Layosh

by Active Participant LuisG on ‎08-15-2011 11:00 AM
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Status changed to: Under Consideration
 
by Active Participant D_Biel on ‎05-15-2013 06:27 PM
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We have made some progress on this issue. Software released in August 2012 revised the way services appear in the Windows Service manager. You will now find that National Instruments service names begin with NI such as "NI Network Discovery". This will make it easier to identify which NI services are installed on your system. Additionally, the Description field has been expanded to provide more meaningful information and each service explains what will happen if the service is stopped.

This new information is only available if the service was installed by an August 2012 or later software release. For users that have an older version, we are working on a web page that will list similar information. The web page will also be dynamic and allow us to add additional comments as necessary. The page will be available to users even without the latest version installed. I will post back here with a link when that web page is available.

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