The modern world is difficult to imagine without fashionable gadgets, phones, tablets and all sorts of applications, but with some things we have to face for the first time. The owners of Apple products wonder: Bonjour - what kind of program it is and how it got on the PC or mobile phone.
Bonjour program - what is it?
Bonjour is the software of the mega-known Apple corporation, intended for monitoring of local web servers. The utility can be installed on the Windows operating system, but antiviruses often regard it as malicious and offer to be eliminated. It happens that the user does not even suspect the existence of software on his computer. Bonjour is a program that without the owner's knowledge can be installed on the device along with other files, services and browsers. Among them:
- Internet Explorer;
- Adobe Photoshop;
- Adobe Creative Suite;
- Safari Apple TV.
What is the Bonjour program for?
Apple's software works in background automatic mode. He is looking for all PCs, printers and other devices that interact with IP networks. Everyone decides for himself whether the Bonjour program is necessary in his work. For the utility, you do not need to configure a DNS server or network address, after installing the software it works independently:
- When a gadget is found, it retains the cache;
- when the request is activated, offers a list of services and devices.
Usual users do not often use the services of the utility, if only for the operation of a digital media player. This functionality is suitable for companies monitoring updates on work machines. What is Bonjour for?
- The software provides the joint work of Adobe Creative Suite, allowing you to find network asset management services.
- "Bonjour" searches the Internet for pages on the given parameters.
- The utility needs iTunes functionality for AirPort gadgets, music, etc.
How to enable Bonjour?
If you want to use the services of the software, you can find it in the process list. Since the "Bonjour" is running in the background, the search location is Task Manager in the available tabs Processes or Details (for Windows 7 and Windows 10 respectively). Among the executable processes, you need to look for a file that looks like mdnsNSP.dll or mDNSResponder.exe. If Bonjour does not work or there are other problems with the search, it is necessary to reinstall it.
Configuring Bonjour
Bonjour is a program that installs on the PC itself and is literally imposed on the user. Check that this software is installed on your PC (specifically, Internet Explorer), by opening the browser panel. By selecting the "View" menu and hovering the mouse cursor over the "Browser Panel", the user finds out that there is a utility item. The "friendly program" icon looks like three curls.
How to remove Bonjour?
Do not know where the "Bonjour" appeared on the computer, confuses users. There is an opinion that software is difficult to remove and dangerous for the system. But it is especially interesting for those who do not use Bonjour services, whether it is possible to remove it without consequences. If the services that it supported are not used, the difference will not be noticeable. Getting rid of the software, you need to act according to the following scheme:
- Open the control panel and the Add or Remove Programs tab.
- From the list, select the required utility.
- Click the "Delete" button.
- Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Having dealt with where Bonjour comes from, what kind of program it is and what is the use of it, the PC owner can decide on his own whether to leave an uninvited guest in the operating system or ruthlessly eliminate it. In favor of removal, there are such factors as the uselessness of software for a simple user and the extra load that it brings to the operation of the system, taking resources and increasing the boot time of the PC. A big minus is that the utility creates a useless library on the way to the Internet , scanning all computer traffic.