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Startup Items Hwnetmgr, HWportdetect etc.

Hello,


In my SYSTEM INFORMATION app, I see the following start-up items and I was wondering if they can be safely deleted.


hwnetmgr, hwportdetect, startouc, tap, tun


Thanks,


Manish

rMBP 13" (8//OSX 10.9

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD

Posted on Dec 1, 2013 9:21 AM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2014 5:50 PM

Have you installed Huawei MobileConnect ? These things are automatically installed and are needed for it to work flawless.

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Startup Items Hwnetmgr, HWportdetect etc.

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