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Should I remove Boot Camp Services?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
7% remove it93% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #8,407
United States Rank #6,490
Reach 0.0471%

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.0.4326 5.06%
4.0.4255 6.14%
4.0.4131 5.06%
4.0.4033 42.20%
3.3.2921 23.57%
3.2.2856 0.97%
3.2.2791 0.22%
3.2.2780 0.11%
3.2.2761 0.32%
3.2.0 4.84%
3.1.36 0.43%
3.1.20 0.11%
3.1.10 0.32%
3.1.3 0.54%
3.1.2 0.54%
3.1.1 0.11%
3.1.0 1.08%
3.0.3 0.32%
3.0.1 0.11%
3.0.0 0.65%
2.2.0 3.34%
2.1.2 0.86%
2.1.1 0.65%
2.1.0 0.65%
2.0.3 0.65%
2.0.1 0.11%
2.0 0.97%
1.4 0.11%

Typically installed together

Boot Camp Services

What is Boot Camp Services?

Boot Camp is a multi boot utility included with Apple Inc.'s OS X that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers. The utility's Boot Camp Assistant guides users through non-destructive disk partitioning of their hard disk drive and installation of Windows device drivers. The utility also installs a Windows Control Panel applet for selecting the boot operating system.

About  (from Apple)

Boot Camp lets you install Windows on a Mac computer in its own partition, using a Microsoft Windows installation disc that you provide. After installation, you can use either Windows or Mac OS X on your Mac computer. The Boot Camp Assistant application and this guide walk you through the steps
needed to create a W...  Read more

Overview

The most common release is 4.0.4033, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named Bootcamp.exe. The setup package generally installs about 4 files and is usually about 5.11 MB (5,357,182 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.apple.com/support/bootcamp
Help link: www.apple.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Boot Camp\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{ADA3F9C8-A6D3-4FCF-BFBB-EAD69AC0884E}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 5.11 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Boot Camp Services

Program executable:Bootcamp.exe
Name:Boot Camp
Boot Camp Manager
Path:C:\Program Files\Boot Camp\Bootcamp.exe
MD5:0e283d8b18ab68efd04db8faf1a1d946
Boot Camp Manager guides users through non-destructive re-partitioning (including resizing of an existing HFS+ partition, if necessary) of their hard disk drive and using the Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard disc to install Windows drivers....
Additional files:
  • Bootcamp.exe - Boot Camp (Boot Camp Manager)
  • KbdMgr.exe
  • resources.dll - Recursos de administrador Boot Camp

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Startup Files (All Users Run)
  • Bootcamp.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Apple_KbdMgr' which loads as C:\Program Files\Boot Camp\Bootcamp.exe.
  • KbdMgr.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Apple_KbdMgr' which loads as C:\Program Files\Boot Camp\KbdMgr.exe.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

Bootcamp.exe
Memory:11.85 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0000071080%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00000321%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00000389%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:2,850,526
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:13
70 average
I/O writes/min:26 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Boot Camp Services?

You can uninstall Boot Camp Services 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 Boot Camp Services, 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 Boot Camp Services.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 77%
Win Vista 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 85.02%
Windows 10 6.90%
Windows XP 6.57%
Windows Vista 1.51%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 35.28%
Windows 7 Professional 23.73%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.50%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.47%
Windows 7 Enterprise 4.21%
Windows 8 Pro 1.83%

Distribution by countryGeography

59.49% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 59.49%
  United Kingdom 6.96%
  Australia 5.32%
  Canada 4.09%
  Singapore 2.21%
  Iran 1.88%
  Thailand 1.88%
  India 1.72%
  Indonesia 1.23%
  Israel 0.98%
  Malaysia 0.82%
  Saudi Arabia 0.82%
  Philippines 0.74%
  United Arab Emirates 0.65%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Apple 72.59%
Acer 19.16%
Hewlett-Packard 4.07%
Dell 3.14%
Intel 0.70%
ASUS 0.35%
Common models
Apple Inc. MacBookPro8,1 10.15%
Apple Inc. MacBookPro8,2 6.11%
Apple Inc. iMac12,1 5.02%
Apple Inc. MacBookPro7,1 4.91%
Apple Inc. MacBookPro6,2 4.59%
Apple Inc. iMac12,2 4.15%

About Apple

Apple designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer programs, and personal computers.
Publisher URL: www.apple.com

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