The file fssfltr_tdi.sys, known as Family Saftey Filter Driver (TDI), belongs to software Windows Live Family Safety by Microsoft. This tool is used to clean-up home Internet access to keep away children from questionable materials that are available online. This free parental monitoring and content control software from Microsoft is released with Windows 8 and is downloadable to older versions of Windows through Windows Essential. It features a Windows Filtering Platform to filter Web browsing, which works with all browsers and filters in 18 different languages. The filter levels include the Allow List Only, which are websites that are chosen by parents to be available for browsing. The General Interest level blocks webmail, social networking, adult sites and Web chat, while the level Warn on Adult allows all websites but warns when the site is suspected to contain adult material. The program features an agreeable interface with the feel and look of Windows products that is instantly intuitive. This is free software but users are required to fill out an online registration.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Windows Live Family Safety, 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 fssfltr_tdi.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 fssfltr_tdi.sys, belongs to, in this case Windows Live Family Safety