STIMON.EXE is a windows process that provides extra functionality when you plug in a scanner, digital camera or some type of video/image hardware.
It is called Still Image Monitor and you can read more about it here. Quote: Still Image Monitor (Stimon.exe) is a tool that is installed by Windows
Millennium Edition (Me) and Windows 98 when a Universal Serial Bus
(USB) scanning device is successfully enumerated. Stimon.exe is
configured to start automatically during the Windows startup process,
and is loaded from the following registry key: Fix STIMON.EXE Errors: Free Scan
STIMON.EXE is a Windows System File and should be in a system directory. If
it is then this application is safe.
Startup DB Entries:
( 1 ) Stimon.exe enables a USB still-image device (such as a scanner) to initiate data transfer to a program. For example if your scanning device has a scan button it may start a program and begin scanning when you press it. Create a shortcut and start it manually when needed if your scanner otherwise fails to scan. May be required for your USB scanner to work - including all HP scanners and some of their SCSI scanners
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