Stimon.exe
(Microsoft)
Windows 98/MEs Still Image Monitor. Still Image Monitor is a tool which is installed by Windows 98/ME whenever a USB scanner is present and successfully detected. It starts automatically through the Registry and enables the user (or software) to associate the pressing of the SCAN button on the scanner (if the scanner has one) with a specific Windows program so that, for example, when you press the SCAN button, Adobe Photoshop always gets started and scans the document presently on the scanner. This is a feature commonly called "one-touch scanning". Still Image Monitor is also used by the software that comes with some digital cameras so that as soon as the camera is plugged into the USB port, the appropriate software pops up to enable the end-user to download his photos.
Recommendation :
Great in theory, useless in practice when it comes to scanners. For a start the great majority of scanners do not have a SCAN button ! Additionally, it is our view that the future trends will be for the ability to scan from within almost any application. For all these reasons, unless you do use "one-touch scanning", or you have a digital camera that uses STIMON, we recommend that you disable STIMON using Starter. (Note: we have had reports of the disabling of STIMON resulting in the scanner or digital camera "not being found" by Windows or not working even if detected, so make sure you do not delete it in Starter simply disable it so that you can re-enable it should you need to).