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Should I remove Dell Unified Wireless Suite?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,647
United States Rank #7,961
Reach 0.0285%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.81 days
175.62 days >
Average installed length: 92.27 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
11.0.0.10374 0.18%
11.0.0.10333 2.14%
11.0.0.10200 1.07%
11.0.0.0097 0.18%
11.0.0.0096 0.53%
11.0.0.0077 0.18%
1.00.0000 95.72%

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Dell Unified Wireless Suite

What is Dell Unified Wireless Suite?

This is the software driver and Unified Wireless Suite utilities required for managing and connecting the device to the PC. Uninstalling this driver may cause the hardware to stop functioning properly (only remove this package if you no longer have the Dell wireless networking device connected to your PC).

Overview

The most common release is 1.00.0000, 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 devcon.exe. The setup package generally installs about 69 files and is usually about 35.53 MB (37,256,953 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Unified Wireless Suite
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{6CFE6F33-3D69-4B9C-AA20-FF1F8CB064D5}\Setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly
Estimated size: 35.53 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Dell Unified Wireless Suite

Program executable:devcon.exe
Name:Windows Setup API
Path:C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Unified Wireless Suite\devcon.exe
MD5:e01a9b63402373620e26cb977fb464c2
Additional files:
  • Interop.NETWORKLIST.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'NETWORKLIST'.
  • Wcct.exe (by Qualcomm Atheros) - Qualcomm Atheros Unified Wireless Application
  • Atheros.Toolkit.dll (by Qualcomm Atheros) - Qualcomm Atheros Toolkit Library
  • Wcct.WirelessNetworkManagement.dll - Wcct.WirelessNetworkManagement
  • Wcct.WirelessConfiguration.dll - Wcct.WirelessConfiguration
  • DCWlan.dll (by Quacomm Atheros) - Qualcomm Atheros WLAN API (Qualcomm Atheros WLAN API Library)
  • ipc.dll - Qualcomm Atheros Software (Inter Process Communication)
  • TCPConnection.dll - TCP Connection Module
  • utils.dll - athr_deb Library
  • Wcct.NetworkManagement.dll - Wcct.NetworkManagement
  • Wcct.SpectralAnalyser.dll - Wcct.SpectralAnalyser
  • Wcct.Infrastructure.dll - Wcct.Infrastructure
  • Wcct.DirectConnect.dll - Wcct.DirectConnect
  • Atheros.Remoting.dll (by Atheros Communication) - Atheros.Remoting
  • Atheros.Net.dll - Atheros.Net
  • Wcct.SoftAP.dll - Wcct.SoftAP
  • ARPHelper.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Wcct.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 11.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Wcct.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'wcct' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Unified Wireless Suite\wcct.exe" quiet.

How do I remove Dell Unified Wireless Suite?

You can uninstall Dell Unified Wireless Suite 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 Dell Unified Wireless Suite, 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 Dell Unified Wireless Suite.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 60%
Win 7 2%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 62.39%
Windows 10 37.61%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 40.29%
Windows 10 Pro 10.52%
Windows 10 Home 10.16%
Windows 7 Ultimate 9.63%
Windows 8.1 Pro 8.20%
Windows 7 Home Premium 8.02%

Distribution by countryGeography

67.27% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 67.27%
  Brazil 4.64%
  France 2.71%
  Germany 2.71%
  United Kingdom 2.45%
  India 2.19%
  Canada 1.93%
  Vietnam 1.42%
  Netherlands 1.29%
  Italy 0.90%
  Mexico 0.77%
  IQ 0.77%
  Singapore 0.52%
  Australia 0.52%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 96.20%
Acer 1.09%
Alienware 0.91%
Hewlett-Packard 0.91%
Lenovo 0.72%
Samsung 0.18%
Common models
Dell Latitude E5540 8.47%
Dell Latitude E6540 6.31%
Dell Latitude E5440 5.95%
Dell Latitude E7440 5.41%
Dell Latitude E7240 4.50%
Dell Inspiron 3521 3.96%

About Dell

Dell manufactures, sells and supports computers and related products and services.
Publisher URL: www.dell.com

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