The file nihardwareservice.exe is an executable process that is a component of products from Native Instruments Products. Native Instruments is a manufacturer of software and hardware for computer-based music production and performance. The file nihardwareservice.exe is associated with the connectivity and interface between a music hardware, a computer system, and a software that involves processing or enhancement of digital audio. Computer-based music software includes functions that range from audio recording software and editing, musical composition software, and music synthesis. Software synthesizer, also called softsynth, is a computer program or plugin for digital audio generation. Advances in processing speed has resulted to the increase in the capability of softsynths to accomplish the same tasks that previously required a dedicated hardware synthesizer that can have software as complicated as softsynth. Softsynths however are more portable, and the mathematical algorithms that emulate the electronic components of the hardware synthesizer produce exceptionally authentic sounds.

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

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A process usually a part of an installed application such as Native Instruments Products Driver Modules, 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 nihardwareservice.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 nihardwareservice.exe, belongs to, in this case Native Instruments Products Driver Modules