Live Update 5, installed through lu5.exe, is the auto updater for the software Control Center for Live, from the company Micro-Star International. The file is simply the updater that configures your Control Center app to keep it current. Live software, as noted by a good number of users, provides an application for the On-Screen Display feature of notebooks and laptops. The application displays control options for volume, Wi-FI connectivity, and settings for the media player. The usual location of the file is Program Files, saved in the following format: C:\Program Files\MSI\Live Update 5\lu5.exe. Usual file sizes are 1.2332 KB to 1.248 KB; 1.711 KB to 1.714 KB; and 1.870 KB to 1.882 KB. The file is a driver for the update. If you do not wish to have it enabled with every startup, you can look for the updates manually, install, and then disable the file; as most users have recommended. Enable again only when you want to look for updates once more.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. lu5.exe. is used by Live Update 5, If you shut down lu5.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop lu5.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Live Update 5, 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 lu5.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Live Update 5, 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 lu5.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 lu5.exe, belongs to, in this case Live Update 5