Norton Ghost 10.X Configuration Wizard, also referred to as Norton Internet Security Suite Configuration Wizard, or Norton AntiVirus Configuration Wizard, also Symantec Internal Component, or Microsoft FrontPage Server Administration Snapin, is the service name of the file cfgwiz.exe, and is a part of the program Norton AntiVirus, or Symantec Shared Components, or Norton SystemWorks versions 2005 Premier, 2006 Premier, and 2006 Basic, or Norton Ghost 10.X, or Microsoft FrontPage version 2000, which is created by Symantec or Microsoft Corporation. This file is recommended to remain stored and running as a background process of the system, which means it must not be removed or stopped, unless it is causing problems that affect the performance of the OS. Furthermore, cfgwiz.exe is not just an executable file, but digitally signed process by Microsoft Windows Component Publisher - Microsoft Time Stamping Service., which makes it more essential to remain running on the Windows operating system computer.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Norton AntiVirus, 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 cfgwiz.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 cfgwiz.exe, belongs to, in this case Norton AntiVirus