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Should I remove Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
11% remove it89% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #12,363
United States Rank #21,836
Reach 0.0259%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 6.87 days
202.70 days >
Average installed length: 106.50 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2009 100.00%

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Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009

What is Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009?  (from Microsoft)

The Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009 multimedia encyclopedia combines more than 62,000 detailed articles, immersive research experiences, and thousands of trusted Web links to some of the most relevant—and age-appropriate—sites on the Web, all maintained by a team of dedicated editors.

Overview

Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009 is a program developed by Microsoft. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The software installer includes 19 files and is usually about 2.92 MB (3,065,411 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 28% of users of Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009 come from Philippines, it is also popular in the United States and NG.

Program detailsProgram details

Help link: support.microsoft.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Premium DVD 2009\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{09040081-2C94-4A67-8E55-8483C019C7D2}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 2.92 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009

  • EDICT.EXE - Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries
  • EDICTRES.DLL
  • MOBB200.DLL - Microsoft MapPoint Application (Microsoft MapPoint Map Object)
  • MSSPELL3.DLL - Natural Language Components (Microsoft Speller)
  • CONTENTUPDATEDOWNLOADER.EXE - Microsoft Encarta (Microsoft Encarta Content Update Downloader)
  • ENCSET.EXE - Microsoft Encarta EncSet
  • ENCSPLSH.DLL - Microsoft Encarta Opening Screen
  • ESBSI.EXE - Encarta Search Bar Show Instruction
  • GEOCOMP.DLL - Microsoft Encarta GeoComp
  • MICROSOFT.ENCARTA.BTREE.DLL - Microsoft Encarta BTree Library
  • MICROSOFT.ENCARTA.FGSEARCH.DLL - Microsoft Encarta Search
  • MICROSOFT.ENCARTA.QUICKMATCHINTEROP.DLL - Microsoft Encarta Quick Match Interop
  • MICROSOFT.ENCARTA.SEARCH.DLL - Microsoft Encarta Search Library
  • MICROSOFT.ENCARTA.UTILITY.DLL - Microsoft Encarta Utilities
  • QMLISTUI.DLL - Microsoft Encarta Quickmatch list user interface module
  • CUSTSAT.DLL - custsat
  • ENCARTA.EXE - Encarta (Microsoft Encarta)
  • ENCARTAR.DLL
  • ENCARTAU.DLL

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)
  • EDICT.EXE is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'L09EXLRD_4377388' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Student\Microsoft Student con Encarta Premium 2009 DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

EDICT.EXE
Memory:24.04 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0040328041%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00103199%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00300081%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:57,186
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:1
70 average
I/O reads/min:2.61 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:65 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009?

You can uninstall Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009 from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 48%
Win XP 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 11%
Keep it 89%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 64.58%
Windows 10 28.18%
Windows XP 4.70%
Windows Vista 2.54%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 35.17%
Windows 7 Home Premium 14.54%
Windows 7 Professional 8.45%
Microsoft Windows XP 4.52%
Windows 8.1 3.93%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.54%

Distribution by countryGeography

28.11% of installs come from Philippines
Which countries install it?
  Philippines 28.11%
  United States 16.23%
  NG 13.02%
  Iran 6.60%
  ET 3.96%
  United Kingdom 3.40%
  India 3.21%
  Indonesia 2.26%
  Canada 1.13%
  GH 1.13%
  NP 0.94%
  Ireland 0.75%
  Pakistan 0.75%
  Saudi Arabia 0.75%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.80%
Acer 25.87%
Dell 18.93%
Toshiba 8.00%
ASUS 6.40%
Lenovo 5.60%
GIGABYTE 2.93%
Samsung 2.67%
MSI 0.80%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.21%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 4.21%
Dell Inspiron 3521 2.80%
HP ProBook 4530s 2.80%
TOSHIBA Satellite L755 2.80%
ECS H55H-M 2.34%

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a variety of products and services related to computing.
Publisher URL: www.microsoft.com

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