Creative Soundblaster Live! soundcards are bundled with firmware components and device driver software utilities that integrate the embedded functionalities of this audio device into Windows-based systems, and the ahqtb.exe file is included as one of the EXE application processes, resource files and libraries of these Creative Soundblaster Live! soundcard firmware distributions and driver software packages. The ahqtb.exe process is specifically deployed as one of the executable files of the AudioHQ application, which is a small program built into these Creative Soundblaster Live! soundcard firmware resources and drivers. The ahqtb.exe process aids the AudioHQ program in implementing user access features for the embedded functions of this soundcard device into the Windows System Tray, in order for users to conveniently configure certain audio settings and options available in the AudioHQ program via the menu items and icons in the Windows System Tray. The ahqtb.exe file is placed in the system upon the installation of these Creative Soundblaster Live! soundcard device drivers and firmware utilities.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Creative Soundblaster Live! Soundcard Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Soundblaster Live! AudioHQ 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 ahqtb.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 ahqtb.exe, belongs to, in this case Creative Soundblaster Live! Soundcard Firmware/Driver Software and Creative Soundblaster Live! AudioHQ Application