Adobe CS products for Windows install several items in the Startup tab in MSCONIG. As a rule, Startup items are unnecessary and take up RAM and other resources. Until I installed the CS products I had no items checked in the Startup tab which meant my PC started up (and shut down) quickly and only the bare minimum of standard Windows OS programs were running in the background. The Adobe CS install added five items: CS4ServiceManager, AdobeCollabSync, a blank line with no Startup Item name or Command line text (I have submitted a general forum query about that line), Acrotray, Acrobat_sl and Reader_sl. In previous installs Adobe added Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher, Adobe Gamma, Adobe Reader Speed Launcher, and Adobe Reader Synchronizer.
I would prefer that Adobe not add anything to my Startup tab. I don't want any unnecessary programs running in the background. And I don't want any company forcing me to run programs in the background. Note: If you uncheck CS4ServiceManager, AdobeCollabSync or that strange blank line, Adobe CS products will not run. Instead, they will start, an error message (148:3) will appear, and the programs will close.
With this surreptitious Startup program installation, I get the sense that "Big Brother" is watching. Since no other company that I'm aware of adds items to the Startup list that are REQUIRED to run their software, I'm sure Adobe can change it's install routine to not add items to the Startup clutter.
Jeff Sengstack
This is a user 2 user forum. You are speaking to fellow users. If you want to speak to Adobe:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform