On Windows I installed Safari (web browser). The installer also offered Bonjour for Windows. That is a service discovery app from Apple. Like Safari it comes bundled with Mac OS and now it seems, is also availabe for Windows. So is it useful or nuisanceful? Unsure, I decided to play safe and not install it. Here’s a deeper article on what it does/doesn’t do:
- http://clibra.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/bonjour-for-windowsyes-no/
- (Paraphrasing):
- Not a nuisance but not as useful as one might have hoped, since not all apps know how to make use of it.
- Instructions on how to remove it: http://arai.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/completly-uninstall-and-remove-bonjour-service-and-files-mdnsresponderexe-and-mdnsnspdll/
- If you do not want Bonjour to be in your computer and want to uninstall it, sometimes you cant find any uninstaller for it! Even if you go to Control Panels Add or Remove Program, you cant find the uninstaller there …
- (I won’t repeat the instructions here – a little knowledge is a dangerous thing – read the full article)
- (Paraphrasing):