Sony Media Gallery is an application that comes installed with Sony Vaio laptops, executed through the elbserver.exe file. The process that installs with it is known as ElbServer, and is mainly responsible for accessing Media Gallery. Media Gallery is an application that enables users to organize their media files, i.e. videos, music and photos. You can create playlists, and categorize your library of photos, music and videos for easier retrieval of your media files. The file is installed in the following default location, C:\Program Files\Sony\Media Gallery\elbserver.exe. Approximate size of the file is 83,344 bytes, with an average RAM utilization of 47 MB. Users reported issues with the file, where their AV software identified it as a virus. Users who do not have the Media Gallery installed generally discover the file as a form of malware, masked as the valid file; while users who do have the Media Gallery on their computers, find that their AV software detected the file as a false positive, or simply put, it was a false virus alert.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ElbServer, 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 elbserver.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 elbserver.exe, belongs to, in this case ElbServer