Intel Ping Discovery Service, which is commonly shortened to PDS, is installed through the executable file pds.exe. This is part of Intel’s LANDesk Management Suite 6. The file is the one responsible for the LANDesk program to detect your computer and all its components. In other words, the file enables the core server to communicate with your PC. This file is generally needed if your computer belongs to a network. If you are no longer connected to a network, you may disable the file. This file is also installed to run upon startup, by default. If you belong to a network, it is recommended that you heed the advice of your Network Administrator before you disable it or troubleshoot if you are encountering system issues with the process. The file’s general path is C:\Windows\System 32\cba\pds.exe. Average file sizes are between 24,627 and 32,819 bytes. The file may also be installed by Symantec Antivirus Server or Symantec Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Intel Ping Discovery Service, 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 pds.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 pds.exe, belongs to, in this case Intel Ping Discovery Service