The aboard.exe file is a process under the Activboard Application. This is a non-system process which may have been installed on the system when the user downloaded some software. This is considered a normal part of the PC operations. This is a Windows executable program and process used by Activboard Application which was created by NEC Computers International. The file aboard.exe is Packard Bell ActiveBoard multimedia keyboard manager and is located in C:\apps\ABoard\ABoard.exe with a usual size of 24,576 bytes 90% of the time and down to 9,217 bytes in some instances. The aboard.exe is required if the user wants to use keys that are not in standard keyboards but present on Packard Bell Activboard keyboards also allowing user to see the status of Num lock, Scroll lock, and Caps lock key. This file is not a critical component of the system and considered safe and unlikely to pose harm to the system. This process can be terminated when necessary or when suspected to have been causing PC performance issues, problems, or malicious activity.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ActivBoard 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 aboard.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 aboard.exe, belongs to, in this case ActivBoard Application