![]() You should download this very nifty tool made by Teddy Z ( lostindark) called Driver Store Explorer and unzip it somewhere on your computer. Use Driver Store Explorer to Delete Remaining Drivers Make sure “Delete the driver software for this device.” is checked and click Uninstall. Right click on it and select “Uninstall device”. Now you will do the same for the A-Volute device found in Software Components -> A-Volute Nh3 Audio Effects Component. Right click on it and select “Uninstall device”.Ī new prompt will open, make sure to check “Delete the driver software for this device.” before clicking Uninstall. In this screen there are two drivers we’re interested in, the first is the “Nahimic mirroring device” found under “Sound, video and game controllers” section. ![]() Type “Device Manager” into your search in the start menu or browse to it in the Control Panel. Windows 7/10 Pro & Enterprise Edition Instructions Uninstalling Devices & Drivers Instead Home users can use a different solution that will at least prevent the same version of Nahimic from installing itself, which will require you to follow these steps whenever a new version of Nahimic comes out. Home users can try various tutorials online to install Group Policy Editor, and follow the Pro instructions, but this is not guaranteed to work. Pro users of Windows operating systems will be able to implement a much more robust solution than Home users to block future installs. Select them and press the “End task” button or right click and select “End task”. The two highlighted processes, if they exist, should be killed. Open up Task Manager, which you can find in the start menu search bar, by right clicking on the windows logo of the start menu, or pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc. The prior step should kill off Nahimic processes, but just in case we can double check. This will keep the service from messing with us while we work. You will see a new screen, scroll down and find the Nahimic Service.ĭouble click on “Nahimic service” and press the Stop button. This can be done by typing “Services” in the start menu search or by running services.msc by right clicking on the Windows logo of the start menu button and selecting “Run”. Stopping Nahimic Helper Serviceįirst we need to open the Services application which manages Windows Services. Pro/Enterprise instructions as they diverge in the guide. You will also need to pay attention to Windows Home vs. You will need to be a user with Administrator privileges. I was successful with this method and sent the original poster a screenshot, I believe he has or will update the thread. Another user suggested using group policy and linked to some documentation. The next update would simply re-install this Nahimic garbage, which could be tested by simply checking for updates. I initially checked out a reddit guide thread which you can see in the earlier screenshot, but found it really didn’t stop this behavior. I hear the Dragon installed version is similarly insidious, but I imagine the store would let you uninstall it. Some claim MSI bundles it with Dragon Center and apparently you can install it from Microsoft’s store. Is this essentially malware behavior? You tell me.Īpparently there are several other ways you might be getting Nahimic. Furthermore if the helper service is disabled, executables are deleted and drivers are uninstalled, Windows will immediately reinstall Nahimic on the next update. Nahimic will also re-install itself via a helper service upon reboot if you simply delete its executables. When installed through a Windows update the software does NOT come with any mechanism to uninstall it. ![]() Installation Started: Windows has started installing the following update: A-Volute - Extension - 1.0 Installation Started: Windows has started installing the following update: Nahimic - MEDIA - 8.51.48.758 This comes as a suggested driver update that Microsoft Windows Update will install automatically. Reddit’s reaction to unwanted Nahimic deployments. MSI touts this as some kind of breakthrough in audio being bundled as bloatware, but as far as I can tell many would call it malware due to its behavior. Like many MSI motherboard customers I’ve found a strange piece of software popping up on my computer called Nahimic. Want to just completely uninstall Nahimic? Skip to the current instructions.
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