• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  C:\ Program Files\ Oak Technology\ Oak SimpliCD\ OAKSTART.EXE
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:No

Description:

The file oakstart.exe is a component of the software program OAK SimpliCD CD-R. OAK SimpliCD-R is a program that enables the creation and storing of data, audio and photo slide show into CDs. This program is embedded within the Windows operating system to facilitate easier creation of CDs even for first time users.

The file oakstart.exe, and its parent software OAK SimpliCD CD-R, is a product of the company Oak Technology founded on the year 1987 and was later acquired by Zoran Technologies Inc. Oak Technology is a supplier of graphic cards, semiconductor chips and optical storage devices such as CD-Rom, CD-RW and DVD. The company was part in developing the Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI) standard and advanced the oakcdrom.sys CD-ROM drivers during the mid 1990s.

The particular function of the file oakstart.exe is to set the spin down timeout and access speeds during the startup process every time its parent software is run. The said file also facilitates the display of a splash screen for CD-RW to notify the user that the CD-RW data is being loaded.

The file oakstart.exe runs at the start up of the computer system hence, the file is automatically run every time the computer system is booted. The file oakstart.exe uses an average random access memory (RAM) resource of 6 mega bytes and an average Central Processing Unit (CPU) usage 0.61% while running in the background.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.