CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer
What is CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer?
Drive Acoustic Silencer is an application for Toshiba laptop computers to lessen vibration noises produced by optical CD and DVD read-only memory drives. Optical CD and DVD drives sometimes emit noticeable vibration noises when reading or writing to discs at high speeds; the Drive Acoustic Silencer program reduces those read/write speeds to limit external noise.
Overview
The most common release is 2.02.03, 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 toscdspd.exe. The setup package generally installs about 12 files and is usually about 570 KB (583,680 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/downloadDetail.jsp?soid=2077798
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSCDSPD
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{9FE35071-CAB2-4E79-93E7-BFC6A2DC5C5D}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly
Estimated size: 570 KB
Language: English
Files installed by CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer
| Program executable: | toscdspd.exe |
| Name: | CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\toshiba\toscdspd\toscdspd.exe |
| MD5: | 5d29764082133f302126c85ab96acb80 |
Additional files:
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- TOSCDSPD.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'TOSCDSPD' and executes as C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSCDSPD\TOSCDSPD.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- TOSCDSPD.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'TOSCDSPD' which loads as C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\TOSCDSPD\toscdspd.exe.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| TOSCDSPD.exe |
| Memory: | 1.03 MB | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001151% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 646 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 0 Bytes | |
How do I remove CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer?
You can uninstall CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 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 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer, 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 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer.
OS VERSIONS
Win Vista (SP2) 75%
Win 7 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows Vista |
84.75% |
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| Windows 7 |
8.60% |
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| Windows XP |
5.84% |
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| Windows 10 |
0.81% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
69.25% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
11.71% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
5.84% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.63% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
2.83% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
1.84% |
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Geography
67.28% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
67.28% |
| United Kingdom |
9.57% |
| Germany |
5.11% |
| Canada |
4.15% |
| Australia |
2.90% |
| Poland |
0.76% |
| Sweden |
0.61% |
| Ireland |
0.60% |
| Austria |
0.49% |
| New Zealand |
0.45% |
| Greece |
0.43% |
| Croatia |
0.37% |
| Norway |
0.35% |
| Hungary |
0.35% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Toshiba |
98.82% |
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| Dell |
0.39% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
0.33% |
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| Sahara |
0.29% |
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| ASUS |
0.17% |
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Common models |
| TOSHIBA Satellite L305 |
11.36% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite L300 |
7.52% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite A205 |
5.55% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite A135 |
5.20% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite A215 |
4.97% |
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| TOSHIBA Satellite A305 |
4.58% |
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About TOSHIBA
Toshiba electronics, electrical equipment and information technology corporation that is a diversified manufacturer of electrical products, spanning information and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials, power systems, Internet-based solutions and services, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances.
Publisher URL: www.toshiba.com