Yeh - I didn't like the fact that even though you chose not to run any real-time mechanisms it still ran at start-up. Like you I noticed that the component gcasServ.exe was loaded at start-up anyway. gcasDtServ.exe seems to only be active when you open the main program.

I removed the start-up entry from the Run branch in the registry and that stopped MSAS loading at start-up - I can start it and shut it down via the tray icon and use it as a scanner with no problem and nothing remaining running to my knowledge.

Nothing I have tried has reinstated the start-up entry and MSAS continues to be missing until I decide so I'm not sure why it get's reinstated on your system. I actually wanted it back so I could test it and had to reinstall the prog to get the start-up entry back. I tried opening the prog and setting the real-time on, auto-update components back on and to start with Windows and even with those settings MSAS didn't reinstate the start-up entry.