The Nero Vision, Nero Home and Nero Scout multimedia applications are associated with the nmbgmonitor.exe process. It is a Nero Media Background Monitor. This EXE file allows data to be written to CD-RW and CD-R discs. It permits for over-burning and supports ISO mode 1, ISO 9660 and XA mode 2 images, as well as multi-session and mixed-mode recording, ISO/HFS hybrids, HFS, PSX, UDF, OFAS and other extracted digital audio. The Nero Scout is a program that is easily accessible, so it can always start whenever necessary. To stop the process from running, a reboot is usually required. It can be disabled using the Nero Scout’s Options available. This EXE file is a media indexer and continually runs in the background as it looks for new media files like videos, MP3s and photos. When files are found they are then added to their own internal database. The sole purpose for this database is to give the user more convenient ways to access media files without navigating other folders in the user’s hard drive.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Nero Media Background Monitor, 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 nmbgmonitor.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 nmbgmonitor.exe, belongs to, in this case Nero Media Background Monitor