Mediaserver.exe is the executable file for Media Server, a dedicated computer or an enterprise machine that stores, shares, and provides video on-demand to personal computers and networks for storing digital video (movies and films), audio (music and voice), and image (pictures) media files. The Media Server is a Network-attached storage, MythTV or a MediaPortal, a home theater computer running Media Center Edition on Windows XP, or a commercial online server hosting media for major web sites. For a home setting, the Media Server functions as an aggregate of information on audio, video, photos, and books. These different media types, whether originating from disks, digital cameras, or from other devices, are stored in the hard drive of Media Server. Access to these files is available on a central computer and may be used in running special applications which allow the users to access media from a remote computer via the internet.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as MediaServer, 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 mediaserver.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 mediaserver.exe, belongs to, in this case MediaServer