ATI display drivers install with it a process known as ATI External Event Utility for Windows, which executes through the file ati2evxx.exe. Basically, what this file does is to enable hotkey functions on your keyboard, specifically to change the settings of your video cards. The file appears to be utilized as well for issues with graphic cards. However, the file has been found to consume a good amount of CPU resources, utilizing up to 85% of CPU memory. When users encounter CPU hogging because of this file, the option most commonly taken was to disable the file. They found their graphic cards still working smoothly even with the file no longer enabled. Also, users who disabled the file had no need to use the hotkeys to configure their video and graphic cards. This is a startup entry. Startup run identifier is typically Ati HotKey Poller. In some versions of the driver and the file, the run identifier is ATIPOLAB.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ati2evxx.exe. is used by ATI External Event Utility for Windows, If you shut down ati2evxx.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ati2evxx.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is ATI External Event Utility for Windows, 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 ati2evxx.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ATI External Event Utility for Windows, 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 ati2evxx.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 ati2evxx.exe, belongs to, in this case ATI External Event Utility for Windows