Uninstalling Bonjour service from Photoshop CS3?

Wise men who might stoop to calling others morons do well to check their own ass for the same type of splinter first.

YES, VIRGINIA, there is a way to 'uninstall' Bonjour... Go into task manager window (1st!) select mDNSResponder.exe choose 'end process tree' and shut the service down. Then (2nd!) go to the Bonjour folder in 'Program Files' cut and paste the contained .dll file to the System32 dllcache folder in your Windows Files. Then (3rd) rename the mDNSResponder.exe file with a different extension, such as .jpg (you will be given an alert that this may cause the program to quit responding properly... which of course is part of what we are doing here!). Then delete the file, and the Bonjour Folder, be sure to then = empty trash. And Finally go into Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services (as Root or 'Admin') and select the ##Id_String2.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762## service string, click mouse menu and properties and DISABLE the service... a lot of work for a very nice way to plug a security hole. If you have a firewall it helps to stop or lock 'all internet connections'. And PAUSE your AV. Upon completion of the above tasks restart AV FIRST,.. then firewall.
Respectfully yours,
Manuel Colunga-Hernandez
SunFighterComix.com

Use Autoruns..
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4686

AND

Hijackthis entries..
Service: Bonjour Service - Apple Computer, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files\bonjour\mdnsnsp.dll

AND

Go here and look for TurnOffBonjour.exe
http://download.gizmoproject.com/jasmine/

AND
LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks
(BE CAREFUL!)
http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Adobe, make lighter Apps.. its no wonder everyone is dumping adobe PDF reader and going with Foxit.
Love the macromedia products you just bought and your direction and not dumping fireworks.. but cannot stand the spyware.

Matt
gold coast support [at] broadbeachqld.com

The Ultimate Troubleshooter is my favourite.

Screenshot.

>You can turn off Bonjour (or whatever else you want) with just a couple of mouse clicks and turn it back on when/if you need it.

as a tech, you mean it works just like, erm, the services applet in admin tools folder of the control panel? :) (nobody reads post #1!!! XD)

(i'll check the utility though, thanks for the tip! ;) )

As a tech, one of my favorite tools is ServiWin (free): http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/serviwin.html It's an awesome little Windows Service controller. Applicability here: You can turn off Bonjour (or whatever else you want) with just a couple of mouse clicks and turn it back on when/if you need it. No mucking about with the registry or uninstalling something you end up needing later; just turn it off w/ServiWin to free up the resources and turn it back on when you need it.

Naturally, it'll work for services other than Bonjour, too :) I, for example, turn off Windows Auto Update until I'm ready to do an update run. Enable the service, get/install the updates, disable the service to free resources, carry on. Actually, I do the same for everybody's update service...they'll phone home when *I* want them to!.

Just a little more info on Bonjour and the string in the registry.
I found it in these registry locations on my WinXP SP2 pc.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\Bonjour Service
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Bonjour Service

>I went back and read post #1.

OH CRUD! nobody reads post #1! i hope i put something useful in there! :)

dave milbut - 5:26pm Aug 3, 07 PST (#78 of 81)

next time don't go messing with your registry. just read post #1! (I know, nobody reads post #1)

Dave,
I went back and read post #1. So far it seems to work just fine. Thanks for the tip.

And, to everyone else, thanks for the entertainment and education. Now I know why the Beatles broke up, the cause of global warming and why gas prices continue to rise. John J, you've been a very busy guy!