The process p2phost.exe is a process also known as People Near Me from Microsoft Corporation. This process only runs in Microsoft Windows platforms such as Window Xp, Windows Vista and Windows 7. This software is located in c:\Windows\System32\p2phost.exe-s. This process have 192,000 bytes and there is a icon available and can be found beside the clock on the task bar. This file belongs to the core System of Windows operating system. This file has an available user interface and is 100% trusted program by the Microsoft Corporation. This is a peer-to-peer program which enables user to identify the people nearby who uses computer and allow those people to send the user an invitation from them with the use of programs such as Window Meeting Space. In case this program is not activated, the user may activate it easily through start and control Panel. Microsoft had also a state of the art security on this software by encrypting any information sent by the use of SSL Channel (Schannel).

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. p2phost.exe. is used by Windows Peer Networking Executable, If you shut down p2phost.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop p2phost.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Windows Peer Networking Executable, 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 p2phost.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Windows Peer Networking Executable, 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 p2phost.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 p2phost.exe, belongs to, in this case Windows Peer Networking Executable