Should I remove Texas Instruments Activation Wizard?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

8% remove it92% keep it

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How common is it?

Reach <0.001%

Versions

Version	Distribution
3.2.0.222	100.00%

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Texas Instruments Activation Wizard

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Overview

Texas Instruments Activation Wizard is a program developed by Texas Instruments Inc. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The software installer includes 90 files. A majority of the PCs this is running on, most OS versions are Windows 7 (SP1). The distribution of this has mostly been seen in the United States.

Program details

URL: education.ti.com

Help link: support.education.ti.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ti education\ti admin\jre\lib\zi\america

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{E07AE787-F519-4969-87BA-5BAA64ED6900}

(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)

Language: English (United States)

Files installed by Texas Instruments Activation Wizard

activator.exe - Activator
awt.dll (by Sun Microsystems) - Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U26 (Java(TM) Platform SE binary)
axbridge.dll (by Sun Microsystems) - ActiveX Bridge for JavaBeans(TM)
cmm.dll (by Eastman Kodak Company) - KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE Java CMM
dcpr.dll
deploy.dll - Java(TM) Deployment Library
deployjava1.dll
dt_shmem.dll
dt_socket.dll
eula.dll - EULA
fontmanager.dll
hpi.dll
hprof.dll
instrument.dll
ioser12.dll
j2pcsc.dll
j2pkcs11.dll
jaas_nt.dll
java.dll
java.exe
java_crw_demo.dll
javacpl.exe - Java(TM) Control Panel
java-rmi.exe
javaw.exe
javaws.exe - Java(TM) Web Start Launcher
jawt.dll
jbroker.exe
jdbcodbc.dll
jdwp.dll
jkernel.dll
jli.dll
jp2iexp.dll
jp2launcher.exe
jp2native.dll
jp2ssv.dll
jpeg.dll
jpicom.dll - Java(TM) Plug-in COM Library
jpiexp.dll - Java(TM) Plug-in for Internet Explorer
jpinscp.dll
jpioji.dll
jpishare.dll - Java(TM) Plug-in Share Library
jqs.exe - Java(TM) Quick Starter Service
jqs_plugin.dll - Java(TM) Quick Starter binary
jqsnotify.exe
jsound.dll
jsoundds.dll
jvm.dll - Java(TM) Platform SE 6u26 (Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM)
keytool.exe
kinit.exe
klist.exe
ktab.exe
libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
lsapiw32.dll (by SafeNet) - Sentinel RMS Development Kit (LSAPIW32)
lsdcod32.dll (by SafeNet) - LSDCOD32
lsinit32.dll - LSINIT32
lzma.dll
management.dll
mlib_image.dll
msvcr71.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
msvcrt.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft (R) Visual C++ (Microsoft (R) C Runtime Library)
net.dll

Behaviors exhibited

Google Chrome Plugin

npdeployjava1.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npdeployJava1.dll'.

2 Internet Explorer BHOs

jqs_plugin.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'JQSIEStartDetectorImpl Class' with the class of {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} (JQSIEStartDetectorImpl).
jp2ssv.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper' with the class of {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9}.

Internet Explorer Extension

jp2iexp.dll is installed as an Internet Explorer extension using the class {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501}.

Service

jqs.exe runs as a service named 'Java Quick Starter' (JavaQuickStarterService) "Prefetches JRE files for faster startup of Java applets and applications".

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

java.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\TI Education\TI-Nspire Computer Link\jre\bin\java.exe'.

How do I remove Texas Instruments Activation Wizard?

You can uninstall Texas Instruments Activation Wizard 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 Texas Instruments Activation Wizard, 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 Texas Instruments Activation Wizard.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Texas Instruments Activation Wizard you can restore them to their previous default settings.

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