Are HP quicklauch and quicktouch even needed after clean install?

I have been running my dv6700t notebook with clean install and without installing HP quicklaunch and quicktouch for almost a yr now. My blue buttons (volume, mute, media play back) are working just fine even without these installed (I have not installed quickplay, so I dont need buttons for quickplay to be working anyway). I dont care about display or sound feedback that comes up while increasing volume. So is there any other reason for these to be installed??
Only thing that I wish from these would be if they would let me increase/decrease volume quicker using blue vol. buttons. Right now it takes about 14 seconds to go from zero volume to full volume or viceversa if I constantly keep touching blue-lit vol. buttons. I like how my friends dv4t's volume zips to full from zero when he touches the same buttons. Is there any current version of these softwares that would let me do that on my dv6700t??

 

If you need the quickplay buttons take a look in my sig. But the definitive answer to this is NO. I found that the OSD, although cool-looking, slowed all screen activity by a factor of 10. And i have eyes and ears you know, i don't need a big blob in the middle of my screen obscuring my view to tell me my volume or brightness level.

Yeah i noticed it takes a little more to adjust the volume when letting Windows control it, but it doesn't bug me all that much. If you want it i think i can add a bit of code to my QuickPlay Remapper app to make the sound volume increase faster. But from my experience with the HP OSD, the volume zips from zero to full because you keep scrolling your finger through the bar since the OSD takes a good few seconds to respond.

 

Thanks Th3_uN1Qu3 for confirming it. I installed HP quicklaunch last night, and it was so annoying, I had to uninstall it this morning. I will keep my laptop clean of these. Would you know if these blue buttons still work in Win7?

Also, I like your quickplay remapper program. Thanks for creating such a utility. But do I need to have QuickLaunch installed for this to work?