There are laptops and computers that come with built-in modems, using chipsets, which is why you may find the file agr64svc.exe installed on your machine. The file executes a process called Agere Soft Modem Call Progress Service, installed through the software for LSI soft modems. The application basically uses your computer’s audio device to let you know of the dial-up call progress that you are making to connect to the Internet. You can find the file in C:\Windows\System32\agr64svc.exe, or C:\Program Files\LSI SoftModem\agr64svc.exe. Although dial-up is no longer the most common Internet connectivity platform utilized by the majority of users, a good number of them find the device helpful in cases where no broadband Internet connection is available. You may prevent it from running upon boot-up if you want to free up memory space, and if you have no need for the service at the moment. Known file sizes are between 15,872 and 16,896 bytes.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. agr64svc.exe. is used by Agere Soft Modem Call Progress Service, If you shut down agr64svc.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop agr64svc.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Agere Soft Modem Call Progress Service, 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 agr64svc.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Agere Soft Modem Call Progress Service, 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 agr64svc.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 agr64svc.exe, belongs to, in this case Agere Soft Modem Call Progress Service