Microsoft IntelliPoint is a process that is part of Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, which is installed with the executable ipoint.exe file. The file basically enables Microsoft keyboards and mice to run. It is utilized by keyboards and mice that do not normally run with the mouse and keyboard driver installed by your OS software. The process enables users to configure their mouse and keyboard, assigning special function keys and defining special mouse buttons to launch specific executable files. The file’s startup run identifier is “IntelliPoint” and its command path is C:\Proragm Files\Microsoft Device Center\ipoint.exe. The file also registers as Microsoft_Hardware_Launch_ipoint_exe in the Task Scheduler for Windows. It has a known file size of 1.91 MB. Its average CPU utilization is 0.00001779%. RAM allocation is 7.93 MB. There are about 23 Graphical Device Interface objects associated with the file, and context switches is 39/sec. The file’s parent processes are explorer.exe and taskeng.exe. The file uses, on average, 124.28 MB of virtual memory and 8.63 MB of working set memory.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft IntelliPoint, 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 ipoint.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 ipoint.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft IntelliPoint