A standard of Microsoft Windows Operating System, the scardsvr.exe process is a part of the Microsoft Smartcard-Resource server. Created by Microsoft Corp to its Windows platforms, smart cards are necessary constituent of the public-key infrastructure that improves software-only solutions like long-on, protected electronic mail and client validation. A smart card consists of smart cards, smart card readers or IFDs, which are applications that communicates with a subsystem and smart cards that handles interaction between smart card readers and their applications. The file scardsvr.exe allows access to specific smart card services and facilitates easy access to smart card services and applications offered by specific smart cards. Built for x86 architecture, the scardsvr.exe process has known file sizes that include 95,744 bytes. It uses the Plug and Play environment service needed by the smart card to be able to operate properly. It is a basic part of Windows operating system as it provides novel and desirable features that revolutionize the computer industry.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Windows Operating System, 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 scardsvr.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 scardsvr.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Windows Operating System