Brstswnd.exe is the file executable for Brother Printer Status Window, a software driver for the printer hardware in the system which activates the functionality to the hardware components in the computer such as the sound card and the graphics card. The software application provides a system tray icon to notify the user of ink, paper, driver, and printing task statuses along with configuration options and technical support for the installed device. The system tray icon window displays the status of a particular printer activity, and shows its detailed information when the icon is double-clicked. Through the Brother Printer Status Window, the user is able to check the printer ink (or toner) level, the current task running (idle, printing, or scanning), and the task progress. It is important to note that the printing process may slow down some PCs, or cause sporadic delays when running Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) or errors when shutting down the PC.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Brother Status Window, 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 brstswnd.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 brstswnd.exe, belongs to, in this case Brother Status Window