The chc.exe process is an executable program file integrated into the system by the firmware components and device driver utilities of certain laptops and mobile computers packaged with motherboards that are equipped with Centrino-compliant network devices, chipsets and Intel Core 2 processors and integrated with Intel vPro technology. The chc.exe process is specifically deployed into these firmware components and device driver software resources as the executable program dispatcher file of the Centrino Hardware Control application, which is a small program built into the Intel vPro software and these associated firmware utilities and drivers. The Centrino Hardware Control application is responsible for aiding the Intel vPro software in implementing its remote hardware management functionalities into the Windows-based system and these Centrino-compliant motherboard devices. The chc.exe process is placed in the system upon the installation of the Intel vPro software, which is in turn integrated into the system upon the installation and configuration of the associated motherboard drivers and firmware resources of these supported laptops and mobile computing devices.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Intel vPro and Centrino Hardware Control Application, 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 chc.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 chc.exe, belongs to, in this case Intel vPro and Centrino Hardware Control Application