What is the startup program "Intel Common User Interface - igfxtray.exe" on my Windows 7 computer? Can I remove it to speedup my computer and reduce security risk?

"Intel Common User Interface - igfxtray.exe - igfxtray.exe" is the Intel Graphics Accelerator Helper. igfxtray.exe is a system tray bar application that allows you to access the Intel graphics configuration.

So you should remove igfxtray.exe from the startup application list to speedup your computer and reduce security risk. If you want to use igfxtray.exe, you can run it from the application menu directly.

igfxtray.exe startup configuration info:

Name: Intel Common User Interface - igfxtray.exe
Publisher: Intel Corporation
Command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe
Location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Program file information about "igfxtray.exe":

Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32
File name: igfxtray.exe
Description: igfxTray Module
Size: 165,912 bytes
Date: Saturday, Wednesday, ‎September ‎23, ‎2009, ‏‎8:30:44 PM
Version: 8.14.10.1930
Company name: Intel 
System essential: No
Virus/Spyware/Adware: No

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