The Toshiba Software Upgrades, also known as the pinger.exe process, is an application that is included in all Toshiba notebooks and laptops available currently. This EXE file is installed under the MS Windows operating systems and it comes with other file drivers. This application detects all hardware within the Toshiba notebook or laptop model and gathers information from it. It connects automatically to the Toshiba server whenever there is Internet connection and actively finds for any new software upgrades. The pinger.exe process does not require any input from the user neither does this have a visible window. One inconvenient thing regarding this EXE file though is its tendency to freeze or hang during execution. However, this can be avoided by removing the pinger.exe file from the startup group. This can be done by deleting it from its folder or by using MSCONFIG. A friendly note though, that if the user decides to delete the file from its location, he needs to take out known startup values from registry.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Toshiba Software, 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 pinger.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 pinger.exe, belongs to, in this case Toshiba Software