Known by the service name Symantec Fax Starter Edition Port Launcher, the file olfsnt40.exe is an instance of an executable or EXE process, and is a component of the program Symantec Fax Starter Edition Printer Driver, which is developed by Microsoft Corporation. This process is responsible in providing a virtual printer as a fax machine, and runs through a desktop shortcut on the computer. During the installation of the software product, olfsnt40.exe is added onto the computer system, where it is registered into the Windows registry, stored on a folder location, usually in C:\Program Files, or C:\Documents and Settings, and automatically runs in the background as a service of the program that houses it. To add that, this is a Windows file, which means it works with most or all versions of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, or Windows OS, which include Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows ME.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. olfsnt40.exe. is used by Symantec Fax Starter Edition Printer Driver, If you shut down olfsnt40.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop olfsnt40.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Symantec Fax Starter Edition Printer Driver, 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 olfsnt40.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Symantec Fax Starter Edition Printer Driver, 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 olfsnt40.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 olfsnt40.exe, belongs to, in this case Symantec Fax Starter Edition Printer Driver