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What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
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How common is it?
Global Rank #19,064
United States Rank #15,553
Reach 0.0120%
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 4.4 |
100.00% |
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John's Background Switcher 4.4
from johnsadventures.com
What is John's Background Switcher? (from johnsadventures.com)
JBS sits in your system tray (down by the clock) and changes your background at the time interval of your choosing. You tell it where to get pictures from and how to show them – maybe you just want to see one photo at a time or maybe you’d like to see a ‘Snapshot Scrapbook‘ of photos thrown across your desktop. It’s up... Read more
Overview
John's Background Switcher 4.4 is a program developed by johnsadventures.com. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The main program executable is backgroundswitcher.exe. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 2.22 MB (2,332,637 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows Vista (SP2). While about 57% of users of John's Background Switcher come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.
Program details
URL: johnsadventures.com
Help link: www.backgroundswitcher.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\johnsadventures.com\John's Background Switcher
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\johnsadventures.com\John's Background Switcher\uninst.exe
Estimated size: 2.22 MB
Files installed by John's Background Switcher 4.4
| Program executable: | backgroundswitcher.exe |
| Name: | Background Switcher |
| John's Background Switcher |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\johnsadventures.com\john's background switcher\backgroundswitcher.exe |
| MD5: | ebd9674798723435e23811b5f5ef9902 |
Additional files:
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uninst.exe - John's Background Switcher
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JBSCore.dll - Background Switcher
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- BackgroundSwitcher.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'BackgroundSwitcher' and executes as "C:\Utilities\Background Switcher\BackgroundSwitcher.exe".
How do I remove John's Background Switcher?
You can uninstall John's Background Switcher from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program John's Background Switcher 4.4, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove John's Background Switcher.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 56%
Win Server 2003 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
59.75% |
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| Windows Vista |
13.98% |
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| Windows XP |
13.14% |
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| Windows 10 |
12.71% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.42% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.62% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
13.25% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
12.39% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.97% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.54% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.85% |
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Geography
56.66% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
56.66% |
| Germany |
15.02% |
| United Kingdom |
2.73% |
| Netherlands |
2.73% |
| France |
2.05% |
| Japan |
2.05% |
| Taiwan |
2.05% |
| Belgium |
1.71% |
| Canada |
1.71% |
| Italy |
1.71% |
| Austria |
0.68% |
| Brazil |
0.68% |
| DZ |
0.68% |
| Greece |
0.68% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.01% |
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| Dell |
19.85% |
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| Acer |
13.74% |
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| GIGABYTE |
10.69% |
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| Medion |
6.87% |
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| Toshiba |
4.58% |
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| Intel |
3.82% |
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| American Megatrends |
2.29% |
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| ASUS |
2.29% |
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| NEC |
2.29% |
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| Gateway |
1.53% |
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| Samsung |
1.53% |
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Common models |
| MEDIONPC MS-7502 |
2.83% |
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| Gateway SX2855 |
1.89% |
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| Hewlett-Packard 610-1150y |
1.89% |
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| Acer Aspire M7721 |
1.89% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
1.89% |
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| HP ProBook 4530s |
1.89% |
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