The file et5drv.sys, known as Generic Port I/O, belongs to software Microsoft Windows NT Operating System by Microsoft. The process Generic port I/O is a driver for Windows NT, which allows the program to communicate with the devices connected to the I/O (input/ output) ports. Windows NT is a family of operating systems that is designed for users and businesses that require advanced capabilities, which includes the NT Workstation and the NT Server. The NT Workstation is for business users who require fast and secure performance, while the NT Server is designed for business machines that need to provide services for network-attached computers. Windows NT features a Performance Monitor that helps the administrator to fine-tune performance and at the same time provides an early warning for approaching problems, like the activity of a virus or an attempted break-in into the system. The Windows NT Performance Monitor can be set to send an alert to the administrator when certain events occur.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. et5drv.sys. is used by Microsoft Windows NT, If you shut down et5drv.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop et5drv.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Microsoft Windows NT, 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 et5drv.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Windows NT, 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 et5drv.sys. 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 et5drv.sys, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Windows NT