The process file, asapiw2k.sysis a product associated with the description of asapi or RAPID Studio (version 10) as developed by the Company pinnacle System GmbH or VOB Computer Systeme GmbH. It is furthermore described to be a CD-RW driver installed by VOB or Pinnacle Software. Since the process file asapiw2k.sys is considered to be a Windows Driver, it is considered to be a minute software program that permits the Personal Computer to communicate with connected devices or the hardware. It features to have no visible window and is not known as a Windows system file; however, it is identified as a compressed file. The process file asapiw2k.sys is found to be located in the folder C:\Windows\System 32\drivers which has a memory size file on Windows 7 or XP at 11,264 bytes. Further to note, the process file has also a direct access to the internals of the hardware and operating system among others.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. asapiw2k.sys. is used by asapi, If you shut down asapiw2k.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop asapiw2k.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is asapi, 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 asapiw2k.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as asapi, 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 asapiw2k.sys. 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 asapiw2k.sys, belongs to, in this case asapi