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StanH's avatar
StanH
Tutor
May 12, 2021

Can I remove NETGEAR USB Control Center?

Should I remove "NETGEAR USB Control Center" 11/21/17? The three buttons on its screen are grayed out. Only [About] works. I think it might be replaced by Netgear Genie 8/19/2020 or otherwise not being used. I have a USB printer connected to a R7000 and that works. There are no problems with the way my network runs right now. It just seems like that component is not doing anything.

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  • StanH's avatar
    StanH
    Tutor
    May 13, 2021

    Update -- more information:
    I suspect this is left from a previous router, not the current R7000. Date on exe: 7-29-2013, software v1.36, driver v1.83.35.

  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    May 13, 2021
    StanH wrote:

    Should I remove "NETGEAR USB Control Center" 11/21/17?

     

    That is to control printers.

     

    StanH wrote:

    I think it might be replaced by Netgear Genie

     

    The USB control centre is not the Netgear Genie?

     

     

     

     

     

    • StanH's avatar
      StanH
      Tutor
      May 18, 2021

      More Information:

      Windows Defender Firewall has blocked some features of control center.exe. The message is "This app has already been blocked or unblocked for a different network type" I don't understand the message. Is control center.exe needed for my R7000 network? I do have a printer on the R7000 USB port.

      Kile Location:
      C:\program files (x86)\netgear\usb control center\control center.exe

      Date:
      7/29/2013 11:28 AM

      Size:
      4,019 KB

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        May 18, 2021
        StanH wrote:

        The message is "This app has already been blocked or unblocked for a different network type" I don't understand the message. Is control center.exe needed for my R7000 network?

         

        You can get some insights into the message, and what is going on, by visiting this bit of Windows:

         

        >> Control Panel >> System and Security >> Windows Defender Firewall >> Allowed applications

         

        In my case there is a whole raft of things. I usually allow them through:

         

        Firewall Allowed applications

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

        As you can see, there are several Netgear things in there.