Called by its service name Acer Update Service, also Acer Updater Service, or simply Updater Service, the updaterservice.exe file is a Windows process that is part of the program Acer Updater, also eMachines Updater, or Gateway Updater, which is manufactured by Acer Group. Acer Update Service is one of the program pre-installed on most Acer computers, laptops, and notebooks, which is used to provide notification of updates for the different Acer software products, which a user may install or not. Many applications by Acer for its own computers and laptops have a very short life cycle, and only updated with newer and much better versions, to provide a more enhanced list of features and advanced functions. This is the reason why Acer PCs or laptops do have Updater Service, which is launched by the file updaterservice.exe, to notify the user any new available versions to download on his or her computer. To ensure updates are received, the updaterservice.exe file must be running on the system.
How can I stop updaterservice.exe and should I?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. updaterservice.exe. is used by Acer Updater, If you shut down updaterservice.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop updaterservice.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Acer Updater, 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.
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What is a process and how do they affect my computer?
A process usually a part of an installed application such as Acer Updater, 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.
Is updaterservice.exe known to be bad for my computer's performance?
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.
What can I do if updaterservice.exe is causing errors on my computer?
The first thing you should do if updaterservice.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 updaterservice.exe, belongs to, in this case Acer Updater