The ahqinit.exe process is an executable component file of the firmware utilities and device driver software resources that are distributed with the Soundblaster Live! audio device from Creative Technology. The ahqinit.exe process is specifically deployed as one of the EXE application processes used by the AudioHQ application, which is a program built into the firmware components and driver software distributions of the Creative Soundblaster Live! soundcard. The ahqinit.exe process assists the AudioHQ application in providing users with a set of options for configuring the digital audio settings of the Creative Soundblaster Live! soundcard from within Microsoft Windows. The ahqinit.exe process is included as one of the EXE application processes, DLL modules and SYS drivers among other component files and resource libraries bundled into the installer distributions of the Creative Soundblaster Live! audio device drivers and firmware utilities. This means the ahqinit.exe file is placed in the system upon the installation of these Creative Live! Soundblaster audio device drivers and firmware components.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ahqinit.exe. is used by Creative Soundblaster Live! Soundcard Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Soundblaster Live! AudioHQ Application, If you shut down ahqinit.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ahqinit.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Creative Soundblaster Live! Soundcard Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Soundblaster Live! AudioHQ Application, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed ahqinit.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Creative Soundblaster Live! Soundcard Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Soundblaster Live! AudioHQ Application, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if ahqinit.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that ahqinit.exe, belongs to, in this case Creative Soundblaster Live! Soundcard Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Soundblaster Live! AudioHQ Application