Should I remove SolarWinds VM Monitor?

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Version	Distribution
1.1.0	95.00%
1.0.1	5.00%

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Remove SolarWinds VM Monitor

Track virtualization health at-a-glance with X-ray vision into your ESX Servers! Our free VM Monitor continuously monitors a VMware ESX Server and its virtual machines and delivers detailed virtual machine health statistics including VM name, guest OS, and VM state, as well as processor, memory, and network usage.

SolarWinds VM Monitor is a program developed by SolarWinds. The most used version is 1.1.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is VMMonitor.exe. The software installer includes 6 files and is usually about 9.92 MB (10,403,872 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 62% of users of SolarWinds VM Monitor come from the United States, it is also popular in Australia and India.

URL: www.solarwinds.com/it-management-glossary/what-is-vmware-console.aspx

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\VMMonitor\

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{29411454-721B-4791-982D-FF72B9A67E14}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0409

Estimated size: 9.92 MB

Language: English (United States)

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 SolarWinds VM Monitor, 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 SolarWinds VM Monitor.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 80% Win XP 5%

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 9% Keep it 91%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	61.54%
Australia	7.69%
India	7.69%
Germany	7.69%
Belgium	3.85%
SX	3.85%
Croatia	3.85%
Poland	3.85%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

SolarWinds is a developer of network, applications, virtualization and storage management software and sells downloadable software products that maintain, monitor and troubleshoot networks.

Publisher URL: www.solarwinds.com

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