The wlidsvcm.exe process, or previously known as the Windows Live ID (now known as Microsoft account), belongs to the Microsoft Windows operating system company. This EXE file was developed by Microsoft Windows operating system in order to allow users to log in to several websites using only one account. Microsoft enables the users to sign into websites supported by this service with the use of a single set of credentials. A Microsoft account authentication server is used by Microsoft account-enabled websites instead of user credentials. This EXE file is a running program and operates under the SYSTEM account within the Windows computer system along with a variety of privileges on the local computer, as well as acting as the network’s computer. This process allows for a single password or e-mail address to be used in order to sign into mores of Microsoft services and websites alongside other services that are selected Microsoft partners. This includes MSN Messenger, MSN Music, MSN Hotmail and the like.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Windows Live ID, 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 wlidsvcm.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 wlidsvcm.exe, belongs to, in this case Windows Live ID