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QM.EXE what is it?
Name: Heather Date: January 28, 2002 at 12:58:54 Pacific
Comment:
Hello, I see QM.exe on my Startup list and would like to know what it is and if it needs to be there. Thanks!
Name: Tufenuf Date: January 28, 2002 at 13:16:58 Pacific
Reply:
Heather, If the item below is what you are seeing in the Startup List you can uncheck it.
LoadQM loadqm.exe Loads the MSN Explorer Query Manager - a waste of resources and bandwidth. Also installed by the latest version of MSN Messenger. Note that disabling this can sometimes prevent internet sharing working on Win2K Pro SP2.
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Response Number 2
Name: Derek Date: January 28, 2002 at 13:20:49 Pacific
Reply:
It's something weird from Primate Software, called Monkey. Here's their FAQ's:
Unless you are interested then dump it. See if there is a pucker uninstall somewhere (like Control Panel/Add-Remove), if not it's a case of binning qm.exe and anything else that it is to do with it. My guess is that qm.exe is all there is and there probably won't be a proper uninstall.
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: January 28, 2002 at 13:24:22 Pacific
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Got the name wrong it's called "Quote Monkey". If you do a Google search for qm.exe you will discover how I found out about it - very useful search engine!
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Response Number 4
Name: Kevin Date: January 28, 2002 at 13:38:01 Pacific
Reply:
It could be related to Queue Manager which is used by scanning software bundled with software programs for faxing. Google searched the web for qm.exe. Results 1 - 10 of about 40. Search took 0.13 seconds
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