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What percent of users and experts removed it?
2% remove it98% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #35,670
United States Rank #19,593
Reach 0.0032%

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.5 10.94%
4.0 82.81%
3.5 6.25%

Stock Investor Professional

Overview

Stock Investor Professional is a program developed by AAII. The most used version is 4.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is si.exe. The software installer includes 34 files and is usually about 345.04 MB (361,796,993 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 98% of users of Stock Investor Professional come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.aaii.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Stock Investor\Professional
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{6BA8FF81-C7E9-11D1-B885-444553540000}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -uninst -removeonly
Estimated size: 345.04 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Stock Investor Professional

Program executable:si.exe
Name:AAII Stock Investor
Visual FoxPro 9.0 executable file
Path:C:\Program Files\stock investor\professional\si.exe
MD5:56ae1f01b3d9fb3cfe1c37fd49b33373
Additional files:
  • si_util.exe (by American Association of Individual Investors) - Stock Investor Utilities (Visual FoxPro 9.0 executable)
  • si_start.exe (by American Association of Individual Investors) - si_start
  • SiServiceAltProxy.dll
  • SiServiceProdProxy.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • si_start.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E8C427F6-DEAE-4811-8726-CE1BE0191B5B}' (runs on registration).

How do I remove Stock Investor Professional?

You can uninstall Stock Investor Professional 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 Stock Investor Professional, 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 Stock Investor Professional.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 58%
Win Vista (SP2) 6%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 2%
Keep it 98%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#35,670

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 57.81%
Windows 10 35.94%
Windows Vista 6.25%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 29.69%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.31%
Windows 10 Home 14.06%
Windows 8.1 9.38%
Windows 7 Ultimate 7.81%
Windows 10 Pro 6.25%

Distribution by countryGeography

98.18% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 98.18%
  Canada 0.91%
  United Kingdom 0.91%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 32.00%
Dell 24.00%
Lenovo 16.00%
Acer 8.00%
ASUS 6.00%
Toshiba 4.00%
Gateway 4.00%
Sony 2.00%
Samsung 2.00%
GIGABYTE 2.00%
Common models
ASUS All Series 5.00%
Hewlett-Packard h8-1534 3.33%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655 1.67%
TOSHIBA Satellite C55D-A 1.67%
Acer Veriton M430 1.67%
Acer Aspire X3910 1.67%

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