Yes. It is the program responsible for detecting WiFi networks. If you disable it, you can't connect to WiFi networks. If you are not connecting using WiFi networks, you can disable it.
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Do I need to run... "Dell Wireless WLAN Card Wireless Network Tray Applet" at startup? I'm trying to speed up the startup process by disabling whatever I don't need.
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2013-06-17T15:56:22+00:00
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2013-06-18T04:31:25+00:00 Tom,
Along with several other people I have removed the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Wireless Network Tray Applet and allowed Windows to manage all aspects of the WiFi card very successfully. [We had no choice as the Dell 1397 WiFi card was inhibited by that applet & by the Dell-supplied driver for it.] There are details in, for example, Poor wireless signal Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop 1397 WLAN mini-card but I appreciate that you probably have a different version card & a different version applet so there are no absolute conclusions to be reached from our experience.
Before doing anything, test WiFi performance against a range of WiFi networks as you might be misled by a particularly strong signal at a single WiFi network that makes you think performance is good. Make notes of the reception levels at the different locations.
Needless to say, you should then make a system image before trying to remove the applet so that you can get back to square one if it all goes horribly wrong [and make a System repair disk or have an installation disk handy ready to use to restore the image with].
After removal of the applet, go back to the WiFi networks and compare the signal strengths with what you had before.
Then make your decision & make a new system image if it has all worked out well.
Best of luck,
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2013-06-18T03:54:30+00:00 If you don't use that frequently, you can disable it.
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Anonymous
2013-06-17T16:23:29+00:00 Yes. It is the program responsible for detecting WiFi networks. If you disable it, you can't connect to WiFi networks. If you are not connecting using WiFi networks, you can disable it.
Many thanks! I left it enabled. Now, the same question for "MobileDocuments". Looks like it has something to do with the cloud (which I don't yet use but will), but do I need it as part of the startup?