Disable the Communication Center

WARNING! Changes made to the registry may cause damage to your operating system. Perform the following task at your own risk.  This blog is not liable for any damage or corruption to your computer related to any article published.

Annoyed by a constantly resident satellite program called "Communication Center" (WSCommCntr1.exe)? If you want to prevent it from running, here is what you do:

1. Start button-->Run--> regedit.exe

2. Search for the following location: HKEY_LOAL_MACHINE-->SOFTWARE-->AUTODESK-->R16.1-->ACAD-301:409-->CADMANAGER CONTROL-->COMMUNICATION CENTER

3. Right-click on "EnableCommunicationCenter" and choose modify.

4. Change the value data from 1 to 0 (zero).

5. Perform step #4 on the following as well: "EnableNonPatchNotifications" and "MaintenancePatchNotificationOption"'

That's it! Restart your computer and voila, WSCommCntr1.exe is not running.

I would like to thank John Deer for this posting.