OmniPage is character recognition software for your scanner. Scan a printed
page from a book or newspaper and it converts the image into an editable
text document. If you don't plan on using it you can uninstall the program.

I got Omnipage SE 2.0 with my Canon scanner. It loads a TSR called
OpwareSE2, but Agent.exe does not run. I did previously disable automatic
updating for the InstallShield updater though. IIRC it would search for
updates online for several apps that were on the computer. There were never
any updates found except for Installshield itself anyway.


"Jackson" <jjacXkdins@Xcox.net> wrote in message
news:shnq835iq2132eieidvhopgnq0gpvc3ufa@4ax.com...
>A process named Agent.exe is active in Task Manager to a ridiculous
> degree. The name pops up as a running process and during several
> seconds appears to make scores of read/write calls to the registry.
> Then it disappears for several more seconds until it comes back up and
> repeats the process (over and over and over...).
>
> I tracked the program to:
> C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\UpdatServices\.
>
> I renamed it to ZZZagent.exe and rebooted. The machine goes thru a
> frenzy of trying to find Agent.exe which I renamed. It tells me to
> insert the ScanSoft Omni Page SE 4.0 disk and etc. Finally I keep
> cancelling the requests and it tells me that the Windows installation
> cannot continue and I should visit http://consumer.installshield.com
> for more information.
>
> Then it give me back my computer for about two minutes and the whole
> process starts over.
>
> I visited the page but found nothing of immediate help.
>
> Since I renamed agent.exe the LED for my HD only flash about once per
> second; with agent.exe active it flashed about three times per second.
> Once a second intuitively seems extremely excessive but it's still
> better than three times per second.
>
> My question: Do I really need this Windows Installation thing? If I
> can get along without it I would prefer to. How can I keep it from
> trying to reload? There must be a reference to "Agent.exe" in the
> registry that I could find and erase.
>
> Or, probably smarter, there is ScanSoft Omni Page SE 4.0 listed in the
> "Add and remove programs" thingy in Control Panel. Would I regret
> removing that???
>
> Any advice appreciated.