I'd like to use my motherbaord as God intended, so basically with just the sound driver for the RealTek chipset. I dont want a virtual sound system, or sonic suite, or anything that a-volute are trying to run on my system. I just want to use the drivers, no background services or applications. The reason ? I don't need or want these 2 pieces of bloatware running on my system doing who knows what...
1. NahimicService.exe - C:\WINDOWS\System32\NahimicService.exe "C:\WINDOWS\system32\NahimicService.exe"
2. NhNotifSys.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\NhNotifSys.exe
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NhNotifSys.exe" /app sonicstudio /wait-install Windows Vista Disabled A-Volute NS Enabled Disabled
I cant believe how agressive this driver is, unless you uninstall the entire Realtek USB Audio driver from the device manager (which means sound wont work from the motherboard) - you are forced to have those 2 processes running above. This never used to be the case, as I got rid of this the last time it enforced itself on my PC. You can even delete the file and it will come back after a reboot
C:\WINDOWS\system32\NhNotifSys.exe
And it will re-install itself, why do they want this program to run so badly ? What exactly is it doing ? It is not needed by any of my system.
ASUS - Can I have a signed driver for the RealTek USB without A-Volute malware installing and running on my system ?
I just read that SteelSeries owns this A-Volute company now, and therefore they look like they are behind this unwanted bloatware.
SteelSeries Acquires A-Volute, Company Behind Nahimic Audio Software (anandtech.com)
I made the mistake a few days ago of installing Armory Crate, and this is now stuck on my system - even after uninstalling Armory Crate (due to AC updated the sound driver, and this is now wedged into it).
