The auserinit.exe file is a process file that belongs to the product ESP and is associated with AUserInit or Cox High Speed Internet software that is developed by Authentium. The location of the process file is in the folder C:\Windows\System32. It has a file size of 65,536 bytes on Windows XP or Windows 7 operating system. The process has a visible window. It loads when you boot your Windows system. The registry key for the process is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit. It is not a core file for Windows. The auserinit.exe file may be a compressed file or an archive. The file has no digital signature. The automatic startup location for the process is Winlogon Userinit. The 1.60.0576 version of the file has an MD5 signature of 4cfcb70380bf3e6b714124fea9f73d67. The legal trademark is Curtains which is a trademark belonging to Authentium, Inc.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Cox High Speed Internet or AUserInit, 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 auserinit.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 auserinit.exe, belongs to, in this case Cox High Speed Internet or AUserInit