Dell Support Center Updates is a process that gets installed on the PC by executing the file sprtcmd.exe. The file can be found installed on Dell computers. A number of Internet Service Providers also install the file for their clients as part of the SupportSoft software, which is basically used by your ISP to diagnose Internet connections via remote access. The file has a general disk image path of C:\Program Files\Dell\DellComms\Bin\sprtcmd.exe. Command line that executes with every system boot is “C:\Program Files\Dell\DellComms\Bin\sprtcmd.exe” /P DellComms. For Dell computers, the file serves as the update service for your Dell software. The file generally works in much the same way as other update applications: search the Internet for ready-to-download updates that are compatible with your software, alert the user about the updates that can be downloaded, and then proceed as instructed by the user; meaning, download updates and install, download updates but alert user first before installing, or never download no update software.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Dell Support Center Updates, 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 sprtcmd.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 sprtcmd.exe, belongs to, in this case Dell Support Center Updates