A process that is commonly known as Microsoft Office Software Protection Platform comes with the executable file osppsvc.exe. It is part of the Microsoft Office software that basically serves as a licensing program to prevent software piracy. The file has been detected as hogging CPU memory. It automatically launches when the user opens any MS Office application. However, the problem that most users have reported is that while the file automatically starts when you open Office apps, it does not automatically terminate when you close down your Office apps. The file, it was later found out, does not stop on automatic mode by default. You will have to manually terminate the file after you have closed down MS Office apps like Word, Excel, and such. Disabling the file will not have any negative impact on the system because it is not a Windows system file. There have been reports that majority of clients have opted to disable the file. They did not find anything amiss with system performance when they disabled the file.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Office Software Protection Platform , 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 osppsvc.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 osppsvc.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Office Software Protection Platform